1  Woe to those who ^qdevise wickedness

and work evil on their beds!

When the morning dawns, they perform it,

because it is in the power of their hand.

2  They covet fields and seize them,

and ^rhouses, and take them away;

they oppress a man and his house,

a man and his inheritance.

3  Therefore thus says the Lord:

behold, against this family I am devising disaster,¹

from which you cannot remove your necks,

and you shall not walk haughtily,

^sfor it will be a time of disaster.