| Chapter 3
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1 | For, behold, the
Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay
and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water. |
2 | The mighty man, and
the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,
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3 | The captain of
fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer,
and the eloquent orator. |
4
| And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule
over them. |
5 | And
the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his
neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the
base against the honourable. |
6 | 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: |
7 |
In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is
neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people. |
8 | For Jerusalem is ruined, and
Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to
provoke the eyes of his glory. |
9 | The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and
they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for
they have rewarded evil unto themselves. |
10 | Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well
with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. |
11 | Woe unto the wicked! it shall be
ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. |
12 | As for my people, children
are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead
thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths. |
13 | The LORD standeth up to plead,
and standeth to judge the people. |
14 | The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of
his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the
spoil of the poor is in your houses. |
15 | What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind
the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts. |
16 | Moreover the LORD saith, Because
the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and
wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their
feet: |
17 |
Therefore the LORD will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the
daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts. |
18 | In that day the Lord will
take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their
cauls, and their round tires like the moon, |
19 | The chains, and the bracelets, and the
mufflers, |
20 | The
bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and
the earrings, |
21 |
The rings, and nose jewels, |
22 | The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the
wimples, and the crisping pins, |
23 | The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the
vails. |
24 | And it
shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and
instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead
of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty. |
25 | Thy men shall fall
by the sword, and thy mighty in the war. |
26 | And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she
being desolate shall sit upon the ground. |
