39 Ye do not understand; Ye say that I have spoken against your law, but I have not; But I have spoken in favor of your law, to your condemnation.
40 "And now behold, I say unto you that the foundation of the destruction of this people is beginning to be laid by the unrighteousness of your lawyers and your judges."
41 And now it came to pass that when Amulek had spoken these words, the people cried out against him, saying: "Now we know that this man is a child of the devil, for he hath lied unto us, for he hath spoken against our law,
42 And now he saith that he hath not spoken against it."
43 And again: "He hath reviled against our lawyers and our judges, " etc.
44 And it came to pass that the lawyers put it into their hearts that they should remember these things against him.
45 And it came to pass that there was one among them whose name was Zeezrom,
46 Now he being the foremost to accuse Amulek and Alma, he being one of the most expert among them, having much business to do among the people.
47 Now the object of these lawyers was to get gain; And they got gain according to their employ.
48 Now it was in the law of Mosiah that every man which was a judge of the law, or which were appointed to be judges, should receive wages according to the time which they labored to judge those which were brought before them to be judged.
49 Now if a man oweth another and he would not pay that which he did owe, he was complained of to the judge;