3 the captain of fiftyand the man of rank,the counselor and the skillful magicianand the expert in charms.
4 And I will make boys their princes,and infants shall rule over them.
5 And the people will oppress one another,every one his fellowand every one his neighbor;the youth will be insolent to the elder,and the despised to the honorable.
6 For a man will take hold of his brotherin the house of his father, saying:“You have a cloak;you shall be our leader,and this heap of ruinsshall be under your rule”;
7 in that day he will speak out, saying:“I will not be a healer;in my house there is neither bread nor cloak;you shall not make meleader of the people.”
8 For Jerusalem has stumbled,and Judah has fallen,because their speech and their deeds are against the Lord, defying his glorious presence.
9 For the look on their faces bears witness against them;they proclaim their sin like Sodom;they do not hide it.Woe to them! For they have brought evil on themselves.