²⁹ They severely oppress the people of the land, and they committed robbery,^[a] and they mistreated the needy and the poor, and they oppressed the alien without^[b] justice. ³⁰ And so I sought for them somebody, one repairing the wall and standing in the breach before me^[c] on behalf of the land not to destroy it, but I did not find anyone, ³¹ and so I poured out my indignation on them. With the fire of my wrath I destroyed them; I returned their way upon their head,” declares^[d] the Lord Yahweh.