3 The captain of fifty and the nobleman,counselor, skilled magician, and expert charmer.
4 I will place boys as their princes;the fickle will govern them,
5 And the people will oppress one another,yes, each one the neighbor.The child will be insolent toward the elder,and the base toward the honorable.
6 When anyone seizes a brotherin their father’s house, saying,“You have clothes! Be our ruler,and take in hand this ruin!”—
7 He will cry out in that day:“I cannot be a healer,when there is neither bread nor clothing in my own house!You will not make me a ruler of the people!”
8 Jerusalem has stumbled, Judah has fallen;for their speech and deeds affront the Lord,a provocation in the sight of his majesty.
9 Their very look bears witness against them;they boast of their sin like Sodom,They do not hide it.Woe to them!They deal out evil to themselves.