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.
18. At that time the Lord will take away everything that makes them proud: their beautiful ankle bracelets, their headbands, their necklaces shaped like the moon,
19. their earrings, bracelets, and veils,