1 For behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts,Takes away from Jerusalem and from JudahThe stock and the store,The whole supply of bread and the whole supply of water;
2 The mighty man and the man of war,The judge and the prophet,And the diviner and the elder;
3 The captain of fifty and the honorable man,The counselor and the skillful artisan,And the expert enchanter.
4 “I will give children to be their princes,And babes shall rule over them.
5 The people will be oppressed,Every one by another and every one by his neighbor;The child will be insolent toward the elder,And the base toward the honorable.”
6 When a man takes hold of his brotherIn the house of his father, saying,“You have clothing;You be our ruler,And let these ruins be under your power,”