And they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge. And in the house of their God they drink the wine of such as have been fined.

Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Will a young lion cry out of his den, if he has taken nothing?

Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no net is [set] for him? Shall a snare spring up from the ground, and have taken nothing at all?

Lord LORD has sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that they shall take you away with hooks, and your residue with fish-hooks.

Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.

Inasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions of wheat from him. Ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them. Ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.

For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins--ye who afflict the just man, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the gate [from their right].

I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies.

Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs, for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

And when a man's uncle shall take him up, even he who burns him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say to him who is in the innermost parts of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No, then he sh

ye who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?

Though they dig into Sheol, from there my hand shall take them, and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down.

And though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out from there. And though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, from there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them.