• ¹For, behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support,
• the whole supply of bread,
• and the whole supply of water;
• ²the mighty man,
• the man of war,
• the judge,
• the prophet,
• the diviner,
• the elder,
• ³the captain of fifty,
• the honorable man,
• the counselor,
• the skilled craftsman,
• and the clever enchanter.

• ⁴I will give boys to be their princes,
• and children shall rule over them.

• ⁵The people will be oppressed,
• everyone by another,
• and everyone by his neighbor.

• The child will behave himself proudly against the old man,
• and the base against the honorable.

• ⁶Indeed a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying,
• “You have clothing, you be our ruler,
• and let this ruin be under your hand.”

• ⁷In that day he will cry out, saying, “I will not be a healer;
• for in my house is neither bread nor clothing.
• You shall not make me ruler of the people.”

• ⁸For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen;
• because their tongue and their doings are against Yahweh,

• to provoke the eyes of his glory.

• ⁹The look of their faces testify against them.
• They parade their sin like Sodom.
• They don’t hide it.
• Woe to their soul!
• For they have brought disaster upon themselves.

• ¹⁰Tell the righteous “Good!”
• For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

• ¹¹Woe to the wicked!
• Disaster is upon them;
• for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.

• ¹²As for my people, children are their oppressors,
• and women rule over them.
• My people, those who lead you cause you to err,
• and destroy the way of your paths.

• ¹³Yahweh stands up to contend,
• and stands to judge the peoples.

• ¹⁴Yahweh will enter into judgment with the elders of his people,
• and their leaders:
• “It is you who have eaten up the vineyard.
• The spoil of the poor is in your houses.
• ¹⁵What do you mean that you crush my people,
• and grind the face of the poor?” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.

• ¹⁶Moreover Yahweh said, “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty,
• and walk with outstretched necks and flirting eyes,
• walking to trip as they go,
• jingling ornaments on their feet;

• ¹⁷therefore the Lord brings sores on the crown of the head of the women of Zion,
• and Yahweh will make their scalps bald.”

¹⁸In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, the headbands, the crescent necklaces, ¹⁹the earrings, the bracelets, the veils, ²⁰the headdresses, the ankle chains, the sashes, the perfume bottles, the charms, ²¹the signet rings, the nose rings, ²²the fine robes, the capes, the cloaks, the purses, ²³the hand mirrors, the fine linen garments, the tiaras, and the shawls.

• ²⁴It shall happen that instead of sweet spices, there shall be rottenness;
• instead of a belt, a rope;
• instead of well set hair, baldness;
• instead of a robe, a wearing of sackcloth;
• and branding instead of beauty.

• ²⁵Your men shall fall by the sword,
• and your mighty in the war.

• ²⁶Her gates shall lament and mourn;
• and she shall be desolate and sit on the ground.