[1] For, behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, does take away from
Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and
the whole stay of water; [2] the mighty man, and the man of war; the
judge, and the prophet, and the diviner, and the elder; [3] the captain of
fifty, and the honorable man, and the counselor, and the expert
artificer, and the skillful enchanter. [4] I will give children to be their
princes, and babes shall rule over them. [5] The people shall be
oppressed, everyone by another, and everyone by his neighbor: the
child shall behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base
against the honorable. [6] When a man shall take hold of his brother
in the house of his father, [saying], You have clothing, be you our
ruler, and let this ruin be under your hand; [7] in that day
shall he lift up [his voice], saying, I will not be a healer; for in
my house is neither bread nor clothing: you shall not make me ruler
of the people. [8] For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen;
because their tongue and their doings are against Yahweh, to provoke
the eyes of his glory. [9] The show of their face testifies against
them. They declare their sin as Sodom. They don`t hide it. Woe to
their soul! For they have done evil to themselves. [10] Say you of
the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him]; for they shall eat
the fruit of their doings. [11] Woe to the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with
him]; for what his hands have done shall be done to him. [12] As for
my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them.
My people, those who lead you cause you to err, and destroy the
way of your paths. [13] Yahweh stands up to contend, and stands to
judge the peoples. [14] Yahweh will enter into judgment with the
elders of his people, and the princes of it: It is you who have eaten
up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses: [15] what
do you mean that you crush my people, and grind the face of the poor?
says the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts. [16] Moreover Yahweh said, Because the
daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and
wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling
with their feet; [17] therefore the Lord will strike with a scab the
crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Yahweh will lay bare
their secret parts. [18] In that day the Lord will take away the
beauty of their anklets, and the headbands, and the crescents; [19] the
pendants, and the bracelets, and the mufflers; [20] the headdresses, and
the ankle chains, and the sashes, and the perfume-boxes, and the amulets;
[21] the rings, and the nose-jewels; [22] the festival robes, and the
mantles, and the shawls, and the satchels; [23] the hand-mirrors, and the
fine linen, and the turbans, and the veils. [24] It shall happen that
instead of sweet spices there shall be rottenness; and instead of a belt, a
rope; and instead of well set hair, baldness; and instead of a robe, a
girding of sackcloth; branding instead of beauty. [25] Your men shall fall
by the sword, and your mighty in the war. [26] Her gates shall lament and
mourn; and she shall be desolate and sit on the ground.
