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1 See now, the Lord, the LORD Almighty, is about to take from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: all supplies of food and all supplies of water,
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For, 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.
2 the hero and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the diviner and the elder,
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Hero and man of war, judge and prophet, And diviner and elder,
3 the captain of fifty and the man of rank, the counselor, skilled craftsman and clever enchanter.
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Head of fifty, and accepted of faces, And counsellor, and the wise of artificers, And the intelligent of charmers.
4 “I will make mere youths their officials; children will rule over them.”
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And I have made youths their heads, And sucklings rule over them.
5 People will oppress each other— man against man, neighbor against neighbor. The young will rise up against the old, the nobody against the honored.
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And 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.
6 A man will seize one of his brothers in his father’s house, and say, “You have a cloak, you be our leader; take charge of this heap of ruins!”
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When one layeth hold on his brother, [Of] the house of his father, [by] the garment, `Come, a ruler thou art to us, And this ruin [is] under thy hand.'
7 But in that day he will cry out, “I have no remedy. I have no food or clothing in my house; do not make me the leader of the people.”
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He 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.'
8 Jerusalem staggers, Judah is falling; their words and deeds are against the LORD, defying his glorious presence.
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For stumbled hath Jerusalem, and Judah hath fallen, For their tongue and their doings [are] against Jehovah, To provoke the eyes of His glory.
9 The look on their faces testifies against them; they parade their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! They have brought disaster upon themselves.
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The 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.
10 Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.
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Say ye to the righteous, that [it is] good, Because the fruit of their doings they eat.
11 Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them! They will be paid back for what their hands have done.
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Wo to the wicked -- evil, Because the deed of his hand is done to him.
12 Youths oppress my people, women rule over them. My people, your guides lead you astray; they turn you from the path.
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My people -- its exactors [are] sucklings, And women have ruled over it. My people -- thy eulogists are causing to err, And the way of thy paths swallowed up.
13 The LORD takes his place in court; he rises to judge the people.
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Jehovah hath stood up to plead, And He is standing to judge the peoples.
14 The LORD enters into judgment against the elders and leaders of his people: “It is you who have ruined my vineyard; the plunder from the poor is in your houses.
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Jehovah into judgment doth enter With elders of His people, and its heads: `And ye, ye have consumed the vineyard, Plunder of the poor [is] in your houses.
15 What do you mean by crushing my people and grinding the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty.
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What -- 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:
16 The LORD says, “The women of Zion are haughty, walking along with outstretched necks, flirting with their eyes, strutting along with swaying hips, with ornaments jingling on their ankles.
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`Because that daughters of Zion have been haughty, And they walk stretching out the neck, And deceiving [with] the eyes, Walking and mincing they go, And with their feet they make a tinkling,
17 Therefore the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion; the LORD will make their scalps bald.”
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The Lord also hath scabbed The crown of the head of daughters of Zion, And Jehovah their simplicity exposeth.
18 In that day the Lord will snatch away their finery: the bangles and headbands and crescent necklaces,
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In 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,
19 the earrings and bracelets and veils,
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Of the drops, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,
20 the headdresses and anklets and sashes, the perfume bottles and charms,
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Of the bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, And of the bands, And of the perfume boxes, and the amulets,
21 the signet rings and nose rings,
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Of the seals, and of the nose-rings,
22 the fine robes and the capes and cloaks, the purses
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Of the costly apparel, and of the mantles, And of the coverings, and of the purses,
23 and mirrors, and the linen garments and tiaras and shawls.
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Of the mirrors, and of the linen garments, And of the hoods, and of the vails,
24 Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a sash, a rope; instead of well-dressed hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, branding.
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And 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.
25 Your men will fall by the sword, your warriors in battle.
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For instead of glory, thy men by sword do fall, And thy might in battle.
26 The gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.
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And lamented and mourned have her openings, Yea, she hath been emptied, on the earth she sitteth!
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