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10 Because you have ·made plans [plotted; schemed] to ·destroy [L cut off] many people,
    you have brought shame to your house.
    Because of it, you will ·lose your lives [forfeit your soul/life].
11 The stones of the walls [C of the “house” of Babylon] will cry out against you,
    and the ·boards that support the roof [beams of the woodwork] will ·agree that you are wrong [echo the complaint; L answer back].

12 “·How terrible it will be for the nation [L Woe to him] that ·kills people [uses bloodshed] to build a city,
    that ·wrongs others [uses injustice] to start a town.

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10 You have plotted the ruin(A) of many peoples,
    shaming(B) your own house and forfeiting your life.
11 The stones(C) of the wall will cry out,
    and the beams of the woodwork will echo it.

12 “Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed(D)
    and establishes a town by injustice!

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