1 ¶ For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of the hosts, takes 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 fortune-teller and the ancient,

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

3 t he captain of fifty and the honourable man and the counsellor and the cunning artificer and the eloquent wise man.

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

4 A nd I will give children to be their princes, and young fools shall rule over them.

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

5 A nd the people shall do violence, one against another, and each one against his neighbour; the child shall rise up against the ancient and the base against the honourable.

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 of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand;

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 shall swear, saying, I will not be a healer for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: do not make me a 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 tongue and their doings have been against the LORD, to irritate the eyes of his majesty.

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

9 ¶ The appearance of their countenance witnesses against them, and they declare their sin as Sodom; they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! For they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

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 unto the righteous that it shall be well with him, for they shall eat of the fruit of their doings.

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

11 W oe unto the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for according to the work of his hands it shall be done unto him.

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

12 T he oppressors of my people are many, and women rule over him. O my people, those who lead thee cause thee to err and twist the way of thy 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 litigate and is present to judge the peoples.

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

14 T he LORD will come with judgment against the elders of his people and against these his princes, for ye have eaten up 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 that ye beat my people to pieces and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of the 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 ¶ Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and swaggering as they go, and making a tinkling 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 make bare the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will uncover that which they are ashamed of.

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 adornment of their shoes and their hair nets and their crystals,

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 chains and the jewels and the bracelets,

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

20 t he bonnets and the ornaments of the legs and the headbands and the powders and the earrings,

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

21 t he rings, and nose jewels,

Of the seals, and of the nose-rings,

22 t he changeable suits of apparel and the mantles and the veils and the crisping pins,

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

23 t he looking glasses and the fine linen and the hoods and the hairdos.

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 sweet perfumes, 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.

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

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

26 T hy gates shall lament and mourn, and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.

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