For behold the Lord, Jehovah 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 man of war; the judge, and the prophet, and the diviner, and the elder;
the captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the skillful enchanter.
And I will give youths to be their princes, and children shall rule over them.
And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the elder, and the base against the honourable.
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:
in that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be a healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing; ye shall not make me a ruler of the people.
For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against Jehovah, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
The show 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 ye of the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him]; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]; for the desert of his hands shall be given him.
[As for] my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people! they that lead thee mislead [thee], and destroy the way of thy paths.
Jehovah setteth himself to plead, and standeth to judge the peoples.
Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and the princes thereof, [saying,] It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor [is] in your houses.
What mean ye [that] ye crush my people and grind the faces of the afflicted? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
And Jehovah saith, 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:
therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will discover their secret parts.
In that day the Lord will take away the ornament of anklets, and the networks, and the crescents,
the pendants, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,
the head-tires, and the ankle-chains, and the sashes, and the perfume-boxes, and the amulets,
the rings, and the nose-jewels,
the festival-robes and the mantles, and the shawls, and the bags ,
the mirrors, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the flowing veils.
And it shall come to pass, instead of sweet spices there shall be rottenness and instead of a girdle, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a stomacher, a girding of sackcloth; branding instead of beauty.
Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she, stripped , shall sit upon the ground.