1 F or, 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.

For 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 H ero and man of war, judge and prophet, And diviner and elder,

the mighty man and the man of war, the judge and the prophet, and the diviner and the elder,

3 H ead of fifty, and accepted of faces, And counsellor, and the wise of artificers, And the intelligent of charmers.

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

And I will appoint youths as their princes, and children shall rule over them.

5 A nd 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.

And 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 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.'

When 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 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.'

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

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

9 T he 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.

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

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

11 W o to the wicked -- evil, Because the deed of his hand is done to him.

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

12 M y 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.

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

Jehovah setteth himself to plead, and standeth to judge the peoples.

14 J ehovah 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.

Jehovah 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 -- 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:

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

16 ` 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,

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

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

In that day the Lord will take away the ornament of anklets, and the little suns and crescents,

19 O f the drops, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,

the pearl-drops, and the bracelets, and the veils,

20 O f the bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, And of the bands, And of the perfume boxes, and the amulets,

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

21 O f the seals, and of the nose-rings,

the finger-rings, and the nose-rings;

22 O f the costly apparel, and of the mantles, And of the coverings, and of the purses,

the festival-robes, and the tunics, and the mantles, and the wallets;

23 O f the mirrors, and of the linen garments, And of the hoods, and of the vails,

the mirrors, and the fine linen bodices, and the turbans, and the flowing veils.

24 A nd 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.

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

Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the fight;

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

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