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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1"Note this! The Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies is taking away from Jerusalem and Judah everything that your society needs— all food supplies and all water supplies, |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2the mighty man and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the fortune-teller and the elder, |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3the commander of fifty and the man of rank, and the counselor, the expert magician, and the medium. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4"I will make youths their princes, and infants will rule over them. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5People will oppress one another— It will be man against man and neighbor against neighbor. The young will be disrespectful to the old, and the worthless to the honorable. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6"For a man will grab his brother in his own father's house, and say, 'You have a cloak, so you be our leader, and this heap of ruins will be under your rule!' |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7"But at that time, he'll protest! He'll say, 'I won't be your healer. I have neither food nor clothing in my house! You're not going to make me a leader of the people!' |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8"For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, because what they say and do opposes the LORD; they keep defying him. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9 "The expressions on their faces give them away. They parade their sin around like Sodom; they don't even try to hide it. How horrible it will be for them, because they have brought disaster on themselves!" |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10"Tell the righteous that things will go well, because they will enjoy the fruit of their actions." |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11"How terrible it will be for the wicked! Disaster is headed their way, because what they did with their hand will be repaid to them. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12"As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people, your leaders are misleading you— they're giving you confusing directions." |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13The LORD is taking his place to argue his case; he's standing up to judge the people. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14The LORD will go to court to oppose the elders and princes of his people: "You're the ones who have been devouring the vineyard, the plunder of the poor is in your own houses! |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15How dare you crush my people as you grind down the face of the poor?" declares the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16The LORD also says: "Because Zion's women are so haughty, and walk with outstretched necks, flirting with their eyes, prancing along as they walk, and making tinkling noises with their ankle bracelets, |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17therefore the LORD will afflict sores on the heads of Zion's women, and the LORD will expose their private parts. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18"At that time, the LORD will take away the finery of the ankle bracelets, headbands, crescents, |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19pendants, bracelets, veils, |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20headdresses, armlets, sashes, perfume boxes, charms, |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21signet rings, nose rings, |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22fine robes, capes, purses, |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23mirrors, linen garments, tiaras, and veils. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24"And it will come about that instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of well-set hair, baldness; instead of a fine robe, sackcloth; and instead of beauty, shame. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25Your men will die violently, while your forces fall in battle |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26and her gates lament and mourn. Ravaged, she will sit on the ground." |
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