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!’
7 But in that day he will cry out,‘I have no remedy.I have no food or clothing in my house;do not make me the leader of the people.’
8 Jerusalem staggers,Judah is falling;their words and deeds are against the Lord,defying his glorious presence.