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Judgment against Judah and Jerusalem
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,
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,
the mighty man and the man of war, the judge and the prophet, and the diviner and the elder,
the mighty man and the soldier,
the judge and the prophet,
the diviner and the elder,
the judge and the prophet,
the diviner and the elder,
the captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the clever among artificers, and the one versed in enchantments.
the captain of fifty
and the man of rank,
the counselor and the skillful magician
and the expert in charms.
and the man of rank,
the counselor and the skillful magician
and the expert in charms.
And I will appoint youths as their princes, and children shall rule over them.
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.
And the people will oppress one another,
every one his fellow
and every one his neighbor;
the youth will be insolent to the elder,
and the despised to the honorable.
every one his fellow
and every one his neighbor;
the youth will be insolent to the elder,
and the despised to the honorable.
When a man shall take hold of his brother, in his father's house, [and shall say:] Thou hast clothing; be our chief, and let this ruin be under thy hand;
For a man will take hold of his brother
in the house of his father, saying:
“You have a cloak;
you shall be our leader,
and this heap of ruins
shall be under your rule”;
in the house of his father, saying:
“You have a cloak;
you shall be our leader,
and this heap of ruins
shall be under your rule”;
he will lift up [his hand] 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.
For Jerusalem stumbleth and Judah falleth, because their tongue and their doings are against Jehovah, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
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.
For the look on their faces bears witness against them;
they proclaim their sin like Sodom;
they do not hide it.
Woe to them!
For they have brought evil on themselves.
they proclaim their sin like Sodom;
they do not hide it.
Woe to them!
For they have brought evil on themselves.
Say ye of the righteous that it shall be well [with him], for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them,
for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill [with him], because the desert of his hands shall be rendered unto him.
Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him,
for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.
for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.
[As for] my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people! they that guide thee mislead [thee], and destroy the way of thy paths.
Jehovah setteth himself to plead, and standeth to judge the peoples.
The Lord has taken his place to contend;
he stands to judge peoples.
he stands to judge peoples.
Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people and their princes, [saying:] It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard: the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
What mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the faces of the afflicted? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
What do you mean by crushing my people,
by grinding the face of the poor?”
by grinding the face of the poor?”
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;
The Lord said:
Because the daughters of Zion are haughty
and walk with outstretched necks,
glancing wantonly with their eyes,
mincing along as they go,
tinkling with their feet,
Because the daughters of Zion are haughty
and walk with outstretched necks,
glancing wantonly with their eyes,
mincing along as they go,
tinkling with their feet,
therefore the Lord will make bald the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will lay bare their secret parts.
therefore the Lord will strike with a scab
the heads of the daughters of Zion,
and the Lord will lay bare their secret parts.
the heads of the daughters of Zion,
and the Lord will lay bare their secret parts.
In that day the Lord will take away the ornament of anklets, and the little suns and crescents,
In that day the Lord will take away the finery of the anklets, the headbands, and the crescents;
the pearl-drops, and the bracelets, and the veils,
the pendants, the bracelets, and the scarves;
the head-dresses, and the stepping chains, and the girdles, and the scent-boxes, and the amulets;
the headdresses, the armlets, the sashes, the perfume boxes, and the amulets;
the festival-robes, and the tunics, and the mantles, and the wallets;
the festal robes, the mantles, the cloaks, and the handbags;
the mirrors, and the fine linen bodices, and the turbans, and the flowing veils.
the mirrors, the linen garments, the turbans, and the veils.
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.
Instead of perfume there will be rottenness;
and instead of a belt, a rope;
and instead of well-set hair, baldness;
and instead of a rich robe, a skirt of sackcloth;
and branding instead of beauty.
and instead of a belt, a rope;
and instead of well-set hair, baldness;
and instead of a rich robe, a skirt of sackcloth;
and branding instead of beauty.
Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the fight;
Your men shall fall by the sword
and your mighty men in battle.
and your mighty men in battle.