5. Verse 17 accuses Lucifer of making the "world as a wilderness, (destroying) the cities thereof; that let not loose his prisoners to their home...(that did) fill the face of the world with cities"..."the exactress of gold" (vs. 17,21, R.V.; v.4 A.V. margin).
Mstari wa 17 analaumiwa Lusifa kwa kuufanya "Ulimwengu ukiwa, (kuuharibu) miji yake; asiyewafungua wafungwa wake waende kwao …..".