1 F or behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread and the whole stay of water,

For, lo, the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is turning aside from Jerusalem, And from Judah, stay and staff, Every stay of bread, and every stay of water.

2 T he mighty man and the man of war, the judge and the prophet, the one who foretells by divination and the old man,

Hero and man of war, judge and prophet, And diviner and elder,

3 T he captain of fifty and the man of rank, the counselor and the expert craftsman and the skillful enchanter.

Head of fifty, and accepted of faces, And counsellor, and the wise of artificers, And the intelligent of charmers.

4 A nd I will make boys their princes, and with childishness shall they rule over them.

And I have made youths their heads, And sucklings rule over them.

5 A nd the people shall be oppressed, each one by another, and each one by his neighbor; the child shall behave himself proudly and with insolence against the old man, and the lowborn against the honorable.

And the people hath exacted -- man upon man, Even a man on his neighbour, Enlarge themselves do the youths against the aged, And the lightly esteemed against the honoured.

6 W hen a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, You have a robe, you shall be our judge and ruler, and this heap of ruins shall be under your control—

When one layeth hold on his brother, the house of his father, the garment, `Come, a ruler thou art to us, And this ruin under thy hand.'

7 I n that day he will answer, saying, I will not be a healer and one who binds up; I am not a physician. For in my house is neither bread nor clothing; you shall not make me judge and ruler of the people.

He lifteth up, in that day, saying: `I am not a binder up, And in my house is neither bread nor garment, Ye do not make me a ruler of the people.'

8 F or Jerusalem is ruined and Judah is fallen, because their speech and their deeds are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of His glory and defy His glorious presence.

For stumbled hath Jerusalem, and Judah hath fallen, For their tongue and their doings against Jehovah, To provoke the eyes of His glory.

9 T heir respecting of persons and showing of partiality witnesses against them; they proclaim their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil.

The appearance of their faces witnessed against them, And their sin, as Sodom, they declared, They have not hidden! Wo to their soul, For they have done to themselves evil.

10 S ay to the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

Say ye to the righteous, that good, Because the fruit of their doings they eat.

11 W oe to the wicked! It shall be ill with them, for what their hands have done shall be done to them.

Wo to the wicked -- evil, Because the deed of his hand is done to him.

12 A s for My people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O My people, your leaders cause you to err, and they confuse (destroy and swallow up) the course of your paths.

My people -- its exactors sucklings, And women have ruled over it. My people -- thy eulogists are causing to err, And the way of thy paths swallowed up.

13 T he Lord stands up to contend, and stands to judge the peoples and His people.

Jehovah hath stood up to plead, And He is standing to judge the peoples.

14 T he Lord enters into judgment with the elders of His people and their princes: For you have devoured the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

Jehovah into judgment doth enter With elders of His people, and its heads: `And ye, ye have consumed the vineyard, Plunder of the poor in your houses.

15 W hat do you mean by crushing My people and grinding the faces of the poor? says the Lord God of hosts.

What -- to you? ye bruise My people, And the faces of the poor ye grind.' An affirmation of the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, And Jehovah saith:

16 M oreover, the Lord said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with outstretched necks and with undisciplined (flirtatious and alluring) eyes, tripping along with mincing and affected gait, and making a tinkling noise with their feet,

`Because that daughters of Zion have been haughty, And they walk stretching out the neck, And deceiving the eyes, Walking and mincing they go, And with their feet they make a tinkling,

17 T herefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will cause them to be stripped naked.

The Lord also hath scabbed The crown of the head of daughters of Zion, And Jehovah their simplicity exposeth.

18 I n that day the Lord will take away the finery of their tinkling anklets, the caps of network, the crescent head ornaments,

In that day doth the Lord turn aside The beauty of the tinkling ornaments, And of the embroidered works, And of the round tires like moons,

19 T he pendants, the bracelets or chains, and the spangled face veils and scarfs,

Of the drops, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,

20 T he headbands, the short ankle chains, the sashes, the perfume boxes, the amulets or charms,

Of the bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, And of the bands, And of the perfume boxes, and the amulets,

21 T he signet rings and nose rings,

Of the seals, and of the nose-rings,

22 T he festal robes, the cloaks, the stoles and shawls, and the handbags,

Of the costly apparel, and of the mantles, And of the coverings, and of the purses,

23 T he hand mirrors, the fine linen, the turbans, and the veils.

Of the mirrors, and of the linen garments, And of the hoods, and of the vails,

24 A nd it shall come to pass that instead of the sweet odor of spices there shall be the stench of rottenness; and instead of a girdle, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a rich robe, a girding of sackcloth; and searing instead of beauty.

And it hath been, instead of spice is muck, And instead of a girdle, a rope, And instead of curled work, baldness, And instead of a stomacher a girdle of sackcloth.

25 Y our men shall fall by the sword, and your mighty men in battle.

For instead of glory, thy men by sword do fall, And thy might in battle.

26 A nd gates shall lament and mourn; and she, being ruined and desolate, shall sit upon the ground.

And lamented and mourned have her openings, Yea, she hath been emptied, on the earth she sitteth!