1 F or behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, will take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,

2 t he mighty man and the man of war, the judge and the prophet, and the diviner and the elder,

3 t he captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the clever among artificers, and the one versed in enchantments.

4 A nd I will appoint youths as their princes, and children shall rule over them.

5 A nd the people shall be oppressed one by the other, and each by his neighbour; the child will be insolent against the elder, and the base against the honourable.

6 W hen a man shall take hold of his brother, in his father's house, Thou hast clothing; be our chief, and let this ruin be under thy hand;

7 h e will lift up in that day, saying, I cannot be a healer, and in my house there is neither bread nor clothing; ye shall not make me a chief of the people.

8 F or Jerusalem stumbleth and Judah falleth, because their tongue and their doings are against Jehovah, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

9 T he look of their face doth witness against them, and they declare their sin as Sodom: they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have brought evil upon themselves.

10 S ay ye of the righteous that it shall be well, for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

11 W oe unto the wicked! it shall be ill, because the desert of his hands shall be rendered unto him.

12 m y people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people! they that guide thee mislead, and destroy the way of thy paths.

13 J ehovah setteth himself to plead, and standeth to judge the peoples.

14 J ehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people and their princes, It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard: the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

15 W hat mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the faces of the afflicted? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

16 A nd Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched-out neck and wanton eyes, and go along mincing, and making a tinkling with their feet;

17 t herefore the Lord will make bald the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will lay bare their secret parts.

18 I n that day the Lord will take away the ornament of anklets, and the little suns and crescents,

19 t he pearl-drops, and the bracelets, and the veils,

20 t he head-dresses, and the stepping chains, and the girdles, and the scent-boxes, and the amulets;

21 t he finger-rings, and the nose-rings;

22 t he festival-robes, and the tunics, and the mantles, and the wallets;

23 t he mirrors, and the fine linen bodices, and the turbans, and the flowing veils.

24 A nd it shall come to pass, instead of perfume there shall be rottenness; and instead of a girdle, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a robe of display, a girding of sackcloth; brand instead of beauty.

25 T hy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the fight;

26 a nd her gates shall lament and mourn; and, stripped, she shall sit upon the ground.