“Therefore, because you trample on the poor and take taxes from him of wheat, you have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.”

Reading this verse in context

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Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.