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11 You trample on the poor
    and take their wheat from them for taxes.
        That is why you build houses from hand-cut stones,
            but you will not live in them.
        You plant beautiful vineyards,
            but you will not drink their wine.
12 I know that your crimes are numerous and your sins are many.
    You oppress the righteous by taking bribes.
        You deny the needy access to the courts.
13 That is why a wise person remains silent at such times,
    because those times are so evil.

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11 You levy a straw tax on the poor(A)
    and impose a tax on their grain.
Therefore, though you have built stone mansions,(B)
    you will not live in them;(C)
though you have planted lush vineyards,
    you will not drink their wine.(D)
12 For I know how many are your offenses
    and how great your sins.(E)

There are those who oppress the innocent and take bribes(F)
    and deprive the poor(G) of justice in the courts.(H)
13 Therefore the prudent keep quiet(I) in such times,
    for the times are evil.(J)

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11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

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