## Yahweh Will Judge Judah's Leaders 

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For behold, the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, is going to remove from Jerusalem and Judah Both supply and support, the whole supply of bread And the whole supply of water, 

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The mighty man and the man of war, The judge and the prophet, The diviner and the elder, 

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The commander of fifty and the highly respected man, The counselor and the wise craftsman, And the experienced enchanter. 

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And I will make young men their princes, And capricious children will rule over them, 

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And the people will be oppressed, Each one by another, and each one by his neighbor; The youth will overwhelm the elder And the dishonorable against the honorable. 

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When a man grasps his brother in his father's house, _saying_, "You have a cloak, you shall be our ruler, And these ruins will be under your hand," 

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He will protest on that day, saying, "I will not be _your_ healer, For in my house there is neither bread nor cloak; You should not appoint me ruler of the people." 

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For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen, Because their tongue and their deeds are against Yahweh, To rebel against His glorious presence. 

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The expression of their faces answers against them, And they declare their sin like Sodom; They do not _even_ conceal _it_. Woe to their soul! For they have dealt out evil on themselves. 

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Say to the righteous that _it will go_ well _with them_, For they will eat the fruit of their deeds. 

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Woe to the wicked! _It will go_ badly _with him_, For what he has dealt out will be done to him. 

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O My people! Their taskmasters are infants, And women rule over them. O My people! Those who guide you lead _you_ astray And swallow up the way of your paths. 

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Yahweh takes His stand to contend, And stands to judge the peoples. 

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Yahweh enters into judgment with the elders of His people and His princes, "It is you who have consumed the vineyard; The _plunder_ robbed of the afflicted is in your houses. 

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What do you mean by crushing My people And grinding the face of the afflicted?" Declares Lord Yahweh of hosts. 

## Yahweh Will Judge Zion's Daughters 

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Moreover, Yahweh said, "Because the daughters of Zion are haughty And walk with outstretched necks and seductive eyes, And go along with mincing steps And tinkle the bangles on their feet, 

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Therefore the Lord will smite the skull of the daughters of Zion with scabs, And Yahweh will make their foreheads bare." 

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In that day the Lord will remove the beauty of _their_ anklets, headbands, crescent ornaments, 

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dangling earrings, bracelets, veils, 

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headdresses, ankle chains, sashes, perfume boxes, enchanted charms, 

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finger rings, nose rings, 

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festal robes, outer tunics, cloaks, money purses, 

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hand mirrors, undergarments, turbans, and shawls. 

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Now it will be that instead of sweet perfume there will be _the smell of_ rot; Instead of a belt, a rope; Instead of well-set hair, a plucked-out scalp; Instead of fine clothes, a donning of sackcloth; And branding instead of beauty. 

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Your men will fall by the sword And your mighty ones in battle. 

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And her gates will lament and mourn, And deserted she will sit on the ground.