The Five Woe Oracles

Won’t all of these take up a taunt against him,(A)
with mockery and riddles about him?
They will say,
“Woe to him who amasses what is not his—
how much longer?(B)
and loads himself with goods taken in pledge.”(C)
Won’t your creditors suddenly arise,
and those who disturb you wake up?
Then you will become spoil for them.(D)
Since you have plundered many nations,(E)
all the peoples who remain will plunder you(F)
because of human bloodshed
and violence(G) against lands, cities,
and all who live in them.(H)

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