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¹ For behold, the ^(a)Lord God of hosts
    is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah
support and supply,^[a]
    all ^(b)support of bread,
    and all support of water;
^2 (c)the mighty man and the soldier,
    the judge and the prophet,
    the diviner and the elder,
³ the captain of fifty
    and the man of rank,
the counselor and the skillful magician
    and the expert in charms.
^4 (d)And I will make boys their princes,
    and infants^[b] shall rule over them.
^5 (e)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.

⁶ For ^(f)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";
⁷ in that day he will speak out, saying:
"I will not be a ^(g)healer;^[c]
    in my house there is neither bread nor cloak;
you shall not make me
    leader of the people."
⁸ For Jerusalem has stumbled,
    and Judah has fallen,
because their ^(h)speech and their deeds are against the Lord,
    ⁽ⁱ⁾defying his glorious presence.^[d]

⁹ For the look on their faces bears witness against them;
    they proclaim their sin ^(j)like Sodom;
    they do not hide it.
Woe to them!
    ^(k)For they have brought evil on themselves.
^10 (l)Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them,
    ^(m)for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
^11 (n)Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him,
    for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.
¹² My people—^(o)infants are their oppressors,
    and women rule over them.
O my people, ^(p)your guides mislead you
    and they have swallowed up^[e] the course of your paths.

¹³ The Lord ^(q)has taken his place to contend;
    he stands to judge peoples.
¹⁴ The Lord will enter into judgment
    with the ^(r)elders and princes of his people:
"It is you who ^(s)have devoured^[f] the vineyard,
    ^(t)the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
¹⁵ What do you mean by ^(u)crushing my people,
    by grinding the face of the poor?"
declares the Lord God of hosts.

¹⁶ The Lord said:
^(v)Because ^(w)the daughters of Zion are haughty
    and walk with outstretched necks,
    glancing wantonly with their eyes,
mincing along as they go,
    ^(x)tinkling with their feet,
¹⁷ therefore the Lord ^(y)will strike with a scab
    the heads of ^(z)the daughters of Zion,
    and the Lord will lay bare their secret parts.

²⁴ Instead of ^(ag)perfume there will be rottenness;
    and instead of a ^(ah)belt, a rope;
and instead of ^(ai)well-set hair, ^(aj)baldness;
    and instead of a rich robe, a ^(ak)skirt of sackcloth;
    and ^(al)branding instead of beauty.
²⁵ Your men shall fall by the sword
    and your mighty men in battle.
²⁶ And ^(am)her gates shall lament and mourn;
    empty, she shall ^(an)sit on the ground.