26. For among my people are found wicked men. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.
27. As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.
28. They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excel in deeds of wickedness. They don’t plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don’t judge the right of the needy.
29. “Shall I not punish for these things?” says Yahweh. “Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?