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| [1]For lo, the Lord God of hosts will take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the strength: even all the stay of bread, and all the stay of water, |
[1]FOR, behold, the LORD of hosts does 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 strong man, and the man of war, the judge and the prophet, the prudent and the aged, |
[2]The mighty man and the man of war, the judge and the prophet and the diviner and the elder, |
| [3]The captain of fifty, and the honorable, and the counselor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent man. |
[3]The captain of fifty and the honorable man and the counsellor and the skilful carpenter and the expert counsellor. |
| [4]And I will appoint children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. |
[4]And I will appoint young men to be their princes, and mockers shall rule over them. |
| [5]The people shall be oppressed one of another, and every one by his neighbor: the children shall presume against the ancient, and the vile against the honorable. |
[5]And the people shall oppress one another, every one his neighbor; and the young men shall provoke the elders, and the base men the honorable. |
| [6]When every one shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, and say, Thou hast clothing: thou shalt be our prince, and let this fall be under thine hand. |
[6]When a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, and say to him, You have clothing, be our ruler, and govern this ruin; |
| [7]In that day he shall swear, saying, I cannot be an helper: for there is no bread in mine house, nor clothing: therefore make me no prince of the people. |
[7]In that day he shall answer, and say, I will not be a leader; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing; make me not a ruler over the people. |
| [8]Doubtless Jerusalem is fallen, and Judah is fallen down, because their tongue and works are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of his glory. |
[8]For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen; because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, provoking God in the majesty of his glory |
| [9]The trial of their countenance testifieth against them, yea, they declare their sins as Sodom, they hide them not. Woe be unto their souls: for they have rewarded evil unto themselves. |
[9]Their hypocrisy witnesses against them; and they declare their sins like Sodom, they do not hide them. Woe to their soul! for they have wrought evil to themselves. |
| [10]Say ye, Surely it shall be well with the just: for they shall eat the fruit of their works. |
[10]Say to the righteous that it shall be well with them; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. |
| [11]Woe be to the wicked, it shall be evil with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. |
[11]Woe to the wicked! it shall be ill with him, for the reward of his hands shall be given him. |
| [12]Children are extortioners of my people, and women have rule over them: O my people, they that lead thee, cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths. |
[12]The princes shall pluck my people out, and women shall rule over them. O my people, your leaders have caused you to err, and disturbed the way of your paths. |
| [13]The Lord standeth up to plead, yea, he standeth to judge the people. |
[13]The LORD stands up to plead, and stands to judge his people. |
| [14]The Lord shall 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. |
[14]The LORD will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and the princes thereof: for you have burned the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses. |
| [15]What have ye to do, that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor, saith the Lord, even the Lord of hosts? |
[15]Why did you sting my people, and shame the faces of the poor? says the LORD of hosts |
| [16]The Lord also saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched out necks, and with wandering eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet, |
[16]Because the daughters of Zion have become haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks, and wanton eyes, making a tinkling with their feet, and thus provoking the LORD; |
| [17]Therefore shall the Lord make the heads of the daughters of Zion bald, and the Lord shall discover their secret parts. |
[17]Therefore the LORD will bring low the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD shall lay bare their secret parts. |
| [18]In that day shall the Lord take away the ornament of the slippers, and the cauls, and the round tires, |
[18]In that day the LORD will take away the beauty of their apparel; |
| [19]The sweet balls, and the bracelets, and the bonnets, |
[19]And their adornments and their necklaces and the braids of their hair and their chains and their bonnets and their veils, |
| [20]The tires of the head, and the slops, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings, |
[20]The paint of their faces, their earrings and their strings of beads |
| [21]The rings and the mufflers, |
[21]And the ornaments of their legs and their bracelets and nose rings, |
| [22]The costly apparel and the veils, and the wimples, and the crisping pins, |
[22]The garments of varied colors and the mantles and the fine linens, the purple garments, |
| [23]And the glasses and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the lawns. |
[23]The long outer garments, the purple robes, the scarlet robes, the wardrobe of all their adornments. |
| [24]And instead of sweet savor, there shall be stink, and instead of a girdle, a rent, and instead of dressing of the hair, baldness, and instead of a stomacher, a girding of sackcloth, and burning instead of beauty. |
[24]And it shall come to pass, that instead of a sweet smell there shall be a stink; and instead of an ornamental girdle, a worker's apron; and instead of curled hair, baldness; and instead of purple robes, a girding of sackcloth; for their beauty shall be destroyed. |
| [25]Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy strength in the battle. |
[25]Your mighty men shall fall by the sword, and your valiant men in the battle. |
| [26]Then shall her gates mourn and lament, and she, being desolate, shall sit upon the ground. |
[26]And her gates shall lament and mourn; and her victory shall turn to defeat |