²³ Your ^(A)rulers are rebels
And companions of thieves;
Everyone ^(B)loves a bribe
And chases after gifts.
They ^(C)do not obtain justice for the ^[a]orphan,
Nor does the widow’s case come before them.

³ Are you ^(A)postponing the day of disaster,
And would you ^(B)bring near the seat of violence?

2 Woe to those who ^(A)devise wrongdoing,
Who practice evil on their beds!
^[a](B)When morning comes, they do it,
Because it is in the ^(C)power of their hands.
² They ^(D)covet fields, so they ^(E)seize them;
And houses, so they take them.
They ^[b](F)exploit a man and his house,
A person and his inheritance.