are not distinguished from the leaders. They are all held responsible for what is wrong. But in 6:9–16 wicked merchants (vv 10–12) and perhaps kings (v 16) are singled out for special blame. In an earlier discussion we have demonstrated, or at least argued, for the integrity of chapters 4–5 as a large unit (a “book”). The thematic connections between chapter 3 and chapter 6 suggest that the Book of Visions has been placed within (and breaks apart) the discourse that began in the Book of Doom (chapters