1 For behold, the Lorda Heb YHWH, usually rendered LordGOD of hosts is going to remove from Jerusalem and Judah
Bothb Lit staffsupply and support, the wholec Lit staffsupply of bread
And the wholed Lit staffsupply of water; | |
2 The mighty man and the warrior,
The judge and the prophet,
The diviner and the elder, | |
3 The captain of fifty and the honorable man,
The counselor and the expert artisan,
And the skillful enchanter. | |
4 And I will make mere lads their princes,
Ande Lit arbitrary power will rulecapricious children will rule over them, | |
5 And the people will be oppressed,
Each one by another, and each one by his neighbor;
The youth will storm against the elder
And the inferior against the honorable. | |
6 When a man lays hold of his brother in his father’s house, saying,
“You have a cloak, you shall be our ruler,
And these ruins will be under yourf Lit handcharge,” | |
7 He willg Lit lift up his voiceprotest on that day, saying,
“I will not be yourh Lit binder of woundshealer,
For in my house there is neither bread nor cloak;
You should not appoint me ruler of the people.” | |
8 For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen,
Because theiri Lit tonguespeech and their actions are against the LORD,
To rebel againstj Lit the eyes of His gloryHis glorious presence. | |
9 k Or Their partiality bearsThe expression of their faces bears witness against them,
And they display their sin like Sodom;
They do not even conceal it.
Woe tol Lit their soulthem!
For they have brought evil on themselves. | |
10 Say to the righteous that it will go well with them,
For they will eat the fruit of their actions. | |
11 Woe to the wicked! It will go badly with him,
Form Lit the dealing of his handswhat he deserves will be done to him. | |
12 O My people! Their oppressorsn Or deal severelyare children,
And women rule over them.
O My people! Those who guide you lead you astray
And confuse the direction of your paths. | |
