⁶ When I heard their outcry and these charges, I was very angry.

⁷ I pondered them in my mind and then accused the nobles and officials. I told them, “You are charging your own people interest!”^(A) So I called together a large meeting to deal with them

¹² In you are people who accept bribes^(A) to shed blood; you take interest^(B) and make a profit from the poor. You extort unjust gain from your neighbors.^(C) And you have forgotten^(D) me, declares the Sovereign Lord.^(E)