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

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.

The mighty man and the warrior, The judge and the prophet, The diviner and the elder,

The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,

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

The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.

And I will make mere boys their leaders, And mischievous children will rule over them,

And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

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

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.

When a man 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 authority,"

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:

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

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.

For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen, Because their speech and their actions are against the LORD, To rebel against His glorious presence.

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.

The expression of their faces testifies against them, And they display their sin like Sodom; They do not even conceal it. Woe to them! For they have done evil to themselves.

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.

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

Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

Woe to the wicked! It will go badly for him, For what he deserves will be done to him.

Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

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

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.

The LORD arises to contend, And stands to judge the people.

The Lord standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.

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

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.

"What do you mean by crushing My people And oppressing the face of the poor?" Declares the Lord GOD of armies.

What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord God of hosts.

Moreover, the LORD said, "Because the daughters of Zion are haughty And walk with heads held high and seductive eyes, And go along with mincing steps And jingle the anklets on their feet,

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:

The Lord will afflict the scalp of the daughters of Zion with scabs, And the LORD will make their foreheads bare."

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.

On that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, headbands, crescent ornaments,

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,

dangling earrings, bracelets, veils,

The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,

headdresses, ankle chains, sashes, perfume boxes, amulets,

The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,

finger rings, nose rings,

The rings, and nose jewels,

festive robes, outer garments, shawls, purses,

The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins,

papyrus garments, undergarments, headbands, and veils.

The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.

Now it will come about that instead of balsam oil there will be a stench; Instead of a belt, a rope; Instead of well-set hair, a plucked-out scalp; Instead of fine clothes, a robe of sackcloth; And branding instead of beauty.

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.

Your men will fall by the sword And your mighty ones in battle.

Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.

And her gates will lament and mourn, And she will sit deserted on the ground.

And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.