Children are extortioners of my people, and women have rule of them. O my people, thy leaders deceive thee, and tread out the way of thy footsteps.

And I shall give you children to be your princes, sayeth the LORD, and babes shall have the rule of you.

One shall ever be doing violence and wrong to another. The boy shall presume against the elder, and the vile person against the honorable.

Yea, one shall take a friend of his own kindred by the bosom, and say, "Thou hast clothing, thou shalt be our head, for thou mayest keep us from this fall and peril."

The changing of their countenance betrayeth them; yea, they declare their own sins themselves, as Sodom, and hide them not. Woe be unto their souls, for they shall be heavily rewarded.

Then shall he swear and say, "I cannot help you. Moreover, there is neither meat nor clothing in my house, make me no ruler of the people."

For Jerusalem is overthrown, and Judah must fall to the ground, because that both their words and counsels are against the LORD, they provoke the presence of his Majesty unto anger.

Bid the righteous do well, for they shall enjoy the fruits of their studies.

Moreover, thus sayeth the LORD, "Seeing the daughters of Zion are become so proud, and come in with stretched out necks, and with vain wanton eyes; seeing they come in tripping so nicely with their feet:

The LORD shall come forth to reason with the senators and princes of his people, and shall say thus unto them, "It is ye that have burnt up my vineyard; the robbery of the poor is in your house.

But woe be unto the ungodly and unrighteous, for they shall be rewarded after their works.

For lo, shall the LORD God of Hosts doth take away from Jerusalem and Judah all possessions and power, all meat and drink,

The LORD is risen up to commune of the matter, and standeth to give judgment with the people.

Therefore shall the Lord shave the heads of the daughters of Zion, and discover their shame."

Wherefore do ye oppress my people, and mar the faces of the innocents?" Thus shall the LORD God of Hosts revile them.

the goodly flowered wide and broidered raiment, brushes and headbands,

In that day shall the Lord take away the gorgeousness of their apparel, and spangles, chains, partlets,

and collars, bracelets and hooves,

rings and garlands,

And instead of good smell there shall be stink among them. And for their girdles there shall be loose bands. And for well set hair there shall be baldness. Instead of a stomacher, a sackcloth; and for their beauty, witheredness and sunburning.

holiday clothes and veils, kerchiefs and pins,

the captain and the soldier, the judge and the prophet, the wise and the aged man,

glasses and smocks, bonnets and taches.

the captain of fifty and the honorable, the senators and men of understanding, the masters of crafts and orators.

Their husbands and their mighty men shall perish with the sword in battle.

At that time shall their gates mourn and complain, and they shall sit as desolate folk upon the earth.