1. For behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts,Takes away from Jerusalem and from JudahThe stock and the store,The whole supply of bread and the whole supply of water;
2. The mighty man and the man of war,The judge and the prophet,And the diviner and the elder;
3. The captain of fifty and the honorable man,The counselor and the skillful artisan,And the expert enchanter.
4. “I will give children to be their princes,And babes shall rule over them.
5. The people will be oppressed,Every one by another and every one by his neighbor;The child will be insolent toward the elder,And the base toward the honorable.”
6. When a man takes hold of his brotherIn the house of his father, saying,“You have clothing;You be our ruler,And let these ruins be under your power,”