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“‘How horrible it will be for the one who uses violence
    to get things for his own household
        in order to set his nest up high
            and save himself from disaster.’
10 You have planned disgrace for your household
    by cutting off many people and forfeiting your own life.
11 A stone in the wall will cry out.
    A beam in the roof will answer it.

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“Woe to him who builds(A) his house by unjust gain,(B)
    setting his nest(C) on high
    to escape the clutches of ruin!
10 You have plotted the ruin(D) of many peoples,
    shaming(E) your own house and forfeiting your life.
11 The stones(F) of the wall will cry out,
    and the beams of the woodwork will echo it.

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