1. For lo! The Sovereign LORD of Hosts Will remove from Jerusalem and from Judah Prop and stay, Every prop of food And every prop of water:
2. Soldier and warrior, Magistrate and prophet, Augur and elder;
3. Captain of fifty, Magnate and counselor, Skilled artisan and expert enchanter;
4. And He will make boys their rulers, And babes shall govern them.
5. So the people shall oppress one another -- Each oppressing his fellow: The young shall bully the old; And the despised [shall bully] the honored.
6. For should a man seize his brother, In whose father's house there is clothing: "Come, be a chief over us, And let this ruin be under your care,"
7. The other will thereupon protest, "I will not be a dresser of wounds, With no food or clothing in my own house. You shall not make me chief of a people!"
8. Ah, Jerusalem has stumbled, And Judah has fallen, Because by word and deed They insult the LORD, Defying His majestic glance.
9. Their partiality in judgment accuses them; They avow their sins like Sodom, They do not conceal them. Woe to them! For ill Have they served themselves.
10. (Hail the just man, for he shall fare well; He shall eat the fruit of his works.
11. Woe to the wicked man, for he shall fare ill; As his hands have dealt, so shall it be done to him.)
12. My people's rulers are babes, It is governed by women. O my people! Your leaders are misleaders; They have confused the course of your paths.
13. The LORD stands up to plead a cause, He rises to champion peoples.
14. The LORD will bring this charge Against the elders and officers of His people: "It is you who have ravaged the vineyard; That which was robbed from the poor is in your houses.
15. How dare you crush My people And grind the faces of the poor?" -- says my Lord GOD of Hosts.
16. The LORD said: "Because the daughters of Zion Are so vain And walk with heads thrown back, With roving eyes, And with mincing gait, Making a tinkling with their feet" --
17. My Lord will bare the pates Of the daughters of Zion, The LORD will uncover their heads.
18. In that day, my LORD will strip off the finery of the anklets, the fillets, and the crescents;
19. of the eardrops, the bracelets, and the veils;
20. the turbans, the armlets, and the sashes; of the talismans and the amulets;
21. the signet rings and the nose rings;
22. of the festive robes, the mantles, and the shawls; the purses,
23. the lace gowns, and the linen vests; and the kerchiefs and the capes.
24. And then -- Instead of perfume, there shall be rot; And instead of an apron, a rope; Instead of a diadem of beaten-work, A shorn head; Instead of a rich robe, A girding of sackcloth; A burn instead of beauty.
25. Her men shall fall by the sword, Her fighting manhood in battle;
26. And her gates shall lament and mourn, And she shall be emptied, Shall sit on the ground.
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