For, 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.
02 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge,
and the prophet, and the prudent, and the
ancient,
03 The captain of fifty, and the honourable man,
and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer,
and the eloquent orator.
04 And I will give children to be their princes,
and babes shall rule over them.
05 And 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.
06 When 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:
07 In 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.
08 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen:
because their tongue and their doings are against
the Lord, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
09 The 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.
10 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well
with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their
doings.
11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him:
for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
12 As 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.
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13 The Lord standeth up to plead, and standeth to
judge the people.
14 The 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.
15 What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces,
and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord
God of hosts.
16 Moreover 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:
17 Therefore 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.
18 In 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,
19 The chains, and the bracelets, and the
mufflers,
20 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs,
and the headbands, and the tablets, and the
earrings,
21 The rings, and nose jewels,
22 The changeable suits of apparel, and the
mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins,
23 The glasses, and the fine linen, and the
hoods, and the vails.
24 And 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.
25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy
mighty in the war.
26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she
being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
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