¹³ Woe for the one who builds his palace
through unrighteousness,^(A)
his upstairs rooms through injustice,
who makes his neighbour serve without pay
and will not give him his wages,^(B)

¹⁶ As to the terror you cause,^[a]
your arrogant heart has deceived you.
You who live in the clefts of the rock,^[b]
you who occupy the mountain summit,
though you elevate your nest like the eagles,
even from there I will bring you down.
This is the Lord’s declaration.^(A)

⁴ Though you seem to soar^[a] like an eagle^(A)
and make your nest among the stars,^(B)
even from there I will bring you down.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

⁷ As much as she glorified herself and indulged her sensual and excessive ways,
give her that much torment and grief.
For she says in her heart,
‘I sit as a queen;
I am not a widow,
and I will never see grief.’^(A)