For, behold, the Master, the Lord of hosts, takes away from Yerushalayim and from Yehuda the stay and the 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 captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.

And I will make youngsters their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the elder, and the base against the honourable.

When 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:

in that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be a healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.

For Yerushalayim is ruined, and Yehuda is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

The show of their countenance witnesses against them; and they declare their sin as Sedom, they cannot hide it. Woe to their soul! for they have requited evil to themselves.

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

Alas! it shall be ill with the wicked: for according to the deserving of his hands shall be done to him.

As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they that lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.

The Lord stands up to plead, and stands to judge the people.

The Lord will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and its princes, saying, It is you who have eaten up the vineyard; the robbery of the poor is in your houses.

What mean you by crushing my people to pieces, and grinding the faces of the poor? says the Lord God of hosts.

Moreover the Lord says, Because the daughters of Żiyyon are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and ogling eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:

therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Żiyyon, and the Lord will lay bare their secret parts.

In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of the anklets, and the tiaras, and the necklaces,

the eardrops, and the bracelets, and the scarves,

the bonnets, and the armbands, and the belts, and the perfume boxes, and the amulets,

the rings, and nose ornaments,

the cloaks, and the mantles, and the gowns, and the handbags,

the gauze, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the veils.

And it shall come to pass, that instead of a sweet smell there shall be a stench; and instead of a girdle a rope; and instead of well set hair, baldness; and instead of a fine dress a girding of sackcloth; instead of beauty, a brand.

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

and her gates shall both lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.