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Judgment on Judea's Leadership

Behold, indeed the master, the LORD of Hosts, he shall remove from Jerusalem and from Judea the prevailing man and prevailing woman; the strength of bread and the strength of water;

²the giant and the one prevailing, and a man warrior, and magistrate, and prophet, and thinker, and old man,

³and commander of fifty, and wonderful counselor, and wise architect, and discerning listener.

⁴And I will set young men as their rulers; and mockers will lord over them.

⁵And [³will be downcast ¹the ²people]; man against man, even a man will be against his neighbor; [³will strike ¹the ²boy] against the old man; the one without honor against the important.

⁶For [²shall take hold of ¹a man] his brother, or a member of the family of his father, saying, [²a garment ¹You have], [³chief ¹you become ²our]; and [³food needs ²my ⁵under ⁶you ¹let ⁴be]!

⁷And answering in that day, he will say, I will not be your chief, [³no ¹for ⁵in ⁶my house ²there is ⁴bread], nor a garment; I will not be a chief of this people.

⁸For Jerusalem is forsaken, and Judea is cast down, and their tongues speak with lawlessness the things against the LORD, resisting persuasion.

⁹Because now [²was abased ¹their glory], and the shame of their face withstood them, and [²their sin ³as ⁴Sodom ¹they announced], and revealed it. Woe to their soul, because they consulted [²counsel ¹wicked] against themselves;

¹⁰having said, We should bind the just, for [²inconvenient ³to us ¹he is]; therefore the produce of their works they shall eat.

¹¹Woe to the lawless one; evils according to the works of his hands shall come to pass against him.

¹²O my people, your exactors glean you, and the ones exacting lord over you; O my people, the ones declaring you blessed mislead you, and [²the ³roads ⁴of your feet ¹they disturb].

¹³But now [²will place ³in ⁴judgment ¹the LORD], and will stand [²in ³judgment ¹his people].

¹⁴The LORD himself [²for ³judgment ¹shall come] with the elders of the people, and with his rulers. But you, why did you set on fire my vineyard, and the seizure of the poor is in your houses?

¹⁵Why do you wrong my people, and [²the ³face ⁴of the ⁵poor ¹disgrace], says the LORD, the Lord of the militaries?

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Judgment on the Daughters of Zion

Thus says the LORD, Because [⁴are haughty ¹the ²daughters ³of Zion], and they go with a high neck, and with the beckon of the eyes, and their goings with their feet together, dragging their inner garments, and their feet [²together ¹playing];

¹⁷therefore [²will abase ¹the LORD] the ruling daughters of Zion; and the LORD will uncover their condition.

¹⁸In that day even the LORD will remove the glory of their clothes, and the fringes, and the crescents,

¹⁹and the necklace, and the ornament of their face,

²⁰and the array of the ornament of glory, and the armlets, and the bracelets, and the wreaths, and the rings, and the right armbands,

²¹and the ear-rings, and the objects edged with purple, and the purple ornamentations,

²²and the cloths for the house, and the transparencies of Lakonika,

²³and the fine linens, and the ones of blue, and scarlet, and the linen [²with ³gold ⁴and ⁵blue ¹being interwoven], and the lightweight coverings for divans.

²⁴And there will be [²instead of ⁴scent ³an agreeable ¹a cloud of dust]; and instead of a belt, [²with a rough cord ¹you shall tie around]; and instead of the [²ornament ³for the ⁴head ¹gold], [²baldness ¹you shall have] on account of your works; and instead of the inner garment of purple ornamentation, you shall gird on sackcloth.

²⁵And [³son ¹your ²best] whom you love [²by the sword ¹shall fall]; and your strong ones [²by the sword ¹shall fall], and they shall be abased.

²⁶And [⁴shall mourn ¹the ²cases ³of your ornamentation]; and you shall be left behind alone; and into the earth you shall be dashed.