10. Tell those who do what is right that things will go well for them,because they will receive a reward for what they do.
11. But how terrible it will be for the wicked!They will be punished for all the wrong they have done.
12. Children treat my people cruelly,and women rule over them.My people, your guides lead you in the wrong wayand turn you away from what is right.
13. The Lord takes his place in courtand stands to judge the people.
14. The Lord presents his caseagainst the elders and other leaders of his people:“You have burned the vineyard.Your houses are full of what you took from the poor.
15. What gives you the right to crush my peopleand grind the faces of the poor into the dirt?”The Lord God All-Powerful says this.
16. The Lord says,“The women of Jerusalem are proud.They walk around with their heads held high,and they flirt with their eyes.They take quick, short steps,making noise with their ankle bracelets.”
17. So the Lord will put sores on the heads of those women in Jerusalem,and he will make them lose their hair.