1 See now, the Lord,the Lord Almighty,is about to take from Jerusalem and Judahboth supply and support:all supplies of food and all supplies of water,
2 the hero and the warrior,the judge and the prophet,the diviner and the elder,
3 the captain of fifty and the man of rank,the counsellor, skilled craftsman and clever enchanter.
4 ‘I will make mere youths their officials;children will rule over them.’
5 People will oppress each other –man against man, neighbour against neighbour.The young will rise up against the old,the nobody against the honoured.
6 A man will seize one of his brothersin his father’s house, and say,‘You have a cloak, you be our leader;take charge of this heap of ruins!’