And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith Jehovah.

And flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver his soul.

Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and the swift of foot shall not escape, and he that rideth the horse shall not deliver his soul;

saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat? making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances for deceit:

that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; and that we may sell the refuse of the wheat.

I saw the Lord standing upon the altar; and he said, Smite the chapiter that the thresholds may shake; and break all of them in pieces, in the head; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not get away by flight, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.

and though they go into captivity before their enemies, there will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.