For behold, the Lord
1GOD
of hosts
ais going to remove
from Jerusalem
and Judah
Both 2supply
and support
, the whole
2supply
of bread
And the whole
2supply
of water
;
aThe mighty man
and the warrior
, The judge
and the prophet
, The diviner
and the elder
,
The captain of fifty
and the honorable
man, The counselor
and the expert
artisan
, And the skillful
enchanter
.
And I will make mere alads
their princes
, And 1capricious
children
will rule
over them,
And the people will be aoppressed
, Each
one
by another
, and each
one
by his bneighbor
; The youth
will storm
against the elder
And the inferior
against the honorable
.
When a man
alays
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 1charge
,"
He will 1protest on that day
, saying
, "I will not be your 2 ahealer
, For in my house
there
is neither
bread
nor
cloak
; You should not appoint
me ruler
of the people
."
For aJerusalem has stumbled
and Judah
has fallen
, Because
their 1 bspeech
and their actions
are against
the LORD
, To crebel
against 2His glorious
presence
.
1The expression of their faces
bears
witness
against them, And they display
their sin
like aSodom
; They do not even conceal
it. Woe
to 2them! For they have bbrought
evil
on themselves.
Say to the arighteous
that it will go well
with them, For they will eat
the fruit
of their actions
.
Woe to the wicked
! It will go badly
with him, For 1 awhat
he deserves
will be done
to him.
O My people! Their oppressors
1are achildren
, And women
rule
over them. O My people
! bThose who guide
you lead
you astray
And confuse
the direction
of your paths
.
aThe LORD arises
to contend
, And stands
to judge
the people
.
The LORD aenters
into judgment
with the elders
and princes
of His people
, "It is you who have bdevoured
the vineyard
; The cplunder
of the poor
is in your houses
.
"What do you mean by acrushing
My people
And grinding
the face
of the poor
?" Declares
the Lord
1GOD
of hosts
.
Moreover, the LORD said
, "Because
the adaughters
of Zion
are proud
And walk
with 1heads
held
high
and seductive
eyes
, And go
along with mincing
steps
And tinkle
the bangles
on their feet
,
Therefore the Lord will afflict
the scalp
of the daughters
of Zion
with scabs
, And the LORD
will make
their foreheads
bare
."
In that day the Lord
will take
away
the beauty
of their anklets
, headbands
, acrescent
ornaments
,
dangling earrings
, bracelets
, veils
,
aheaddresses, ankle
chains
, sashes
, perfume
boxes
, amulets
,
festal robes
, outer
tunics
, cloaks
, money
purses
,
hand mirrors
, undergarments
, turbans
and veils
.
Now it will come about that instead
of 1sweet
aperfume
there will be putrefaction
; Instead
of a belt
, a rope
; Instead
of bwell-set
hair
, a cplucked-out
scalp
; Instead
of fine
clothes
, a ddonning
of sackcloth
; And branding
instead
of beauty
.
Your men will afall
by the sword
And your 1mighty
ones
in battle
.
And her 1 agates will lament
and mourn
, And deserted
she will bsit
on the ground
.