For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, dothtakeawayfromJerusalem and fromJudah the stay and the staff, the wholestay of bread, and the wholestay of water.
And the peopleshall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the childshallbehavehimselfproudlyagainst the ancient, and the baseagainst the honourable.
The shew of theircountenancedothwitnessagainstthem; and theydeclaretheir sin as Sodom, theyhide it not. Woe untotheirsoul! for theyhaverewardedeviluntothemselves.
As for my people, children are theiroppressors, and womenruleoverthem. O my people, theywhichleadtheecausethee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.
The LORDwillenterintojudgmentwith the ancients of his people, and the princesthereof: for ye haveeaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in yourhouses.
Moreover the LORDsaith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walkwithstretchedforthnecks and wantoneyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinklingwiththeirfeet:
And it shallcome to pass, thatinstead of sweetsmellthereshall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hairbaldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burninginstead of beauty.