| 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,
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| 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 honourable1 man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent2 orator.
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| 4 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
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| 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.
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| 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:
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| 7 In that day shall he swear,3 saying, I will not be an healer;4 for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 10 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
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| 11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given5 him.
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| 12 As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead6 thee cause thee to err, and destroy7 the way of thy paths.
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| 13 The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.
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| 14 The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten8 up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
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| 15 What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
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| 16 ¶ Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton9 eyes, walking and mincing10 as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
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| 17 Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover11 their secret parts.
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| 18 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls,12 and their round tires like the moon,
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| 19 The chains,13 and the bracelets, and the mufflers,14
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| 20 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets,15 and the earrings,
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| 21 The rings, and nose jewels,
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| 22 The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins,
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| 23 The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.
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| 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.
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| 25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty16 in the war.
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| 26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate17 shall sit upon the ground.
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