1For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts,
doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the
stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the
whole stay of water,
2The mighty man, and the man of war, the
judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the
ancient,
3The captain of fifty, and the honourable
man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer,
and the eloquent orator.
4And I will give children to
be their princes, and babes shall rule over
them.
5And the people shall be oppressed, every one
by another, and every one by his neighbour: the
child shall behave himself proudly against the
ancient, and the base against the honourable.
6When a man shall take hold of his brother of
the house of his father, saying,
Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this
ruin be under
thy hand:
7In that day shall he swear, saying, I will
not be an healer; for in my house is neither
bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the
people.
8For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is
fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against
the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
9The shew of their countenance doth witness
against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom,
they hide it not.
Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil
unto themselves.
10Say ye to the righteous, that it
shall be well with
him: for they shall eat the fruit of their
doings.
11Woe unto the wicked! it
shall be ill with
him: for the reward of his hands shall be given
him.
12As
for my people, children are their
oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people,
they which lead thee cause thee to
err, and destroy the way of thy paths.
13The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth
to judge the people.
14The LORD will enter into judgment with the
ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for
ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the
poor is in
your houses.
15What mean ye that ye
beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the
poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
16Moreover the LORD saith, Because the
daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with
stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and
mincing as they
go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
17Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab
the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and
the LORD will discover their secret parts.
18In that day the Lord will take away the
bravery of their tinkling
ornaments about
their feet, and their cauls,
and their round
tires like the moon,
19The chains, and the bracelets, and the
mufflers,
20The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs,
and the headbands, and the tablets, and the
earrings,
21The rings, and nose jewels,
22The changeable suits of apparel, and the
mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins,
23The glasses, and the fine linen, and the
hoods, and the vails.
24And it shall come to pass, that instead
of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of
a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair
baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of
sackcloth; and burning
instead of beauty.
25Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy
mighty in the war.
26And her gates shall lament and mourn; and
she being desolate
shall sit upon the ground.
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