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Yahweh Will Judge Judah’s Leaders
For behold, the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, ais going to remove from Jerusalem and JudahBoth 1supply and support, the whole 2supply of breadAnd the whole 3supply of water,2 aThe mighty man and the man of war,The judge and the prophet,The diviner and the elder,3 The commander of fifty and the 1highly respected man,The counselor and the wise craftsman,And the experienced enchanter.4 And I will make ayoung men their princes,And 1capricious children will rule over them,5 And the people will be aoppressed,Each one by another, and each one by his bneighbor;The youth will overwhelm the elderAnd the dishonorable, the honorable.6 When a man agrasps his brother in his father’s house, saying,“You have a cloak, you shall be our ruler,And these ruins will be under your hand,”7 He will 1protest on that day, saying,“I will not be your 2ahealer,For in my house there is neither bread nor cloak;You should not appoint me ruler of the people.”8 For aJerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen,Because their btongue and their deeds are against Yahweh,To crebel against 1His glorious presence.9 1The expression of their faces answers against them,And they declare their sin like aSodom;They do not even conceal it.Woe to their soul!For they have bdealt out evil on themselves.10 Say to the arighteous that it will go well with them,For they will eat the fruit of their deeds.11 Woe to the wicked! It will go badly with him,For 1awhat he has dealt out will be done to him.12 O My people! Their taskmasters 1are ainfants,And women rule over them.O My people! bThose who guide you lead you astrayAnd swallow up the way of your paths.
13 aYahweh takes His stand to contend,And stands to judge the peoples.14 Yahweh aenters into judgment with the elders of His people and His princes,“It is you who have bconsumed the vineyard;The cplunder robbed of the afflicted is in your houses.15 “What do you mean by acrushing My peopleAnd grinding the face of the afflicted?”Declares Lord Yahweh of hosts.
Yahweh Will Judge Zion’s Daughters

16 Moreover, Yahweh said,“Because the adaughters of Zion are haughtyAnd walk with outstretched necks and seductive eyes,And go along with mincing stepsAnd tinkle the bangles on their feet,

17 Therefore the Lord will smite the skull of the daughters of Zion with scabs,And Yahweh will make their foreheads bare.”

18 In that day the Lord will remove the beauty of their anklets, headbands, acrescent ornaments, 19 dangling earrings, bracelets, veils, 20 aheaddresses, ankle chains, sashes, perfume boxes, enchanted charms, 21 1finger rings, anose rings, 22 festal robes, outer tunics, cloaks, money purses, 23 hand mirrors, undergarments, turbans, and shawls.

24 Now it will be that instead of 1sweet aperfume there will be the smell of rot;Instead of a belt, a rope;Instead of bwell-set hair, a cplucked-out scalp;Instead of fine clothes, a ddonning of sackcloth;And branding instead of beauty.25 Your men will afall by the swordAnd your 1mighty ones in battle.26 And her 1agates will lament and mourn,And deserted she will bsit on the ground.