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For behold, the Lord ^(F1)GOD of armies ^(C1)is going to remove from Jerusalem and Judah Both supply and support, the entire supply of bread And the entire supply of water;

^(C1)The mighty man and the warrior, The judge and the prophet, The diviner and the elder,

The captain of fifty and the esteemed person, The counselor and the expert artisan, And the skillful enchanter.

And I will make mere ^(C1)boys their leaders, And ^(F1)mischievous children will rule over them,

And the people will be ^(C1)oppressed, Each one by another, and each one by his ^(C2)neighbor; The youth will assault the elder, And the contemptible person will assault the one honored.

When a man ^(C1)lays hold of his brother in his father's house, saying, "You have a cloak, you shall be our ruler! And these ruins will be under your ^(F1)authority,"

He will ^(F1)protest on that day, saying, "I will not be your ^(F2)(C1)healer, For in my house there is neither bread nor cloak; You should not appoint me ruler of the people."

For ^(C1)Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen, Because their ^(F1)(C2)speech and their actions are against the LORD, To ^(C3)rebel against ^(F2)His glorious presence.

^(F1)The expression of their faces testifies against them, And they ^(F2)display their sin like ^(C1)Sodom; They do not even conceal it. Woe to ^(F3)them! For they have ^(C2)done evil to themselves.

Say to the ^(C1)righteous that it will go well for them, For they will eat the fruit of their actions.

Woe to the wicked! It will go badly for him, For ^(F1)(C1)what he deserves will be done to him.

My people! Their oppressors ^(C1)treat them violently, And women rule over them. My people! ^(C2)Those who guide you lead you astray And confuse the direction of your paths.

^(C1)The LORD arises to contend, And stands to judge the people.

The LORD ^(C1)enters into judgment with the elders and leaders of His people, "It is you who have ^(F1)(C2)devoured the vineyard; The ^(C3)goods stolen from the poor are in your houses.

-"What do you mean by ^(C1)crushing My people And ^(F1)oppressing the face of the poor?" Declares the Lord ^(F2)GOD of armies.