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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."