Yahweh will punish those who oppress the poor

2 Terrible things will happen to you who lie awake at night,

planning to do wicked things.

You get up at dawn, and you do those things,

as soon as you are able to do them.

2 You want fields that belong to other people,

so you seize them;

you also take their houses.

You cheat people to get their homes,

taking away the property that belongs to their families.

3 Therefore, this is what Yahweh says:

“I will cause you people to experience disasters,

and you will not be able to escape [MTY] from them.

You will no longer walk around proudly,

because when those things happen, it will be a time of much trouble for you.

4 At that time, your enemies will make fun of you;

they will ridicule you by singing this sad song about you:

‘We are completely ruined;

Yahweh is taking our land/fields from us,

and he will give it to those who will capture us.’ ”

5 So when it is the time for the land to be given back to you people who belong to Yahweh,

there will be no one [MTY] who will be able to ◄cast lots/throw marked stones► to determine which land belongs to whom.