3 For now the Sovereign, the Lord of hosts,
    is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah
support and staff—
    all support of bread
    and all support of water—^(A)
2 warrior and soldier,
    judge and prophet,
    diviner and elder,^(B)
3 captain of fifty
    and dignitary,
counselor and skillful magician
    and expert enchanter.
⁴ And I will make youths their princes,
    and children shall rule over them.^(C)
5 The people will be oppressed,
    everyone by another
    and everyone by a neighbor;
the youth will be insolent to the elder
    and the base to the honorable.^(D)

⁶ Someone will seize a relative,
    a member of the clan, saying,
“You have a cloak;
    you shall be our leader,
and this heap of ruins
    shall be under your rule.”^(E)
7 But the other will cry out on that day, saying,
“I will not be a healer;
    in my house there is neither bread nor cloak;
you shall not make me
    leader of the people.”^(F)
8 For Jerusalem has stumbled,
    and Judah has fallen,
because their speech and their deeds are against the Lord,
    defying his glorious presence.^(G)

⁹ The look on their faces bears witness against them;
    they proclaim their sin like Sodom;
    they do not hide it.
Woe to them,
    for they have brought evil on themselves.^(H)
10 Tell the innocent how fortunate they are,
    for they shall eat the fruit of their labors.^(I)
11 Woe to the guilty! How unfortunate they are,
    for what their hands have done shall be done to them.^(J)
12 My people—their oppressors extort them,
    and creditors^[a] rule over them.
O my people, your leaders mislead you
    and confuse the course of your paths.^(K)

¹³ The Lord rises to argue his case;
    he stands to judge the peoples.^(L)
14 The Lord enters into judgment
    with the elders and princes of his people:
It is you who have devoured the vineyard;
    the spoil of the poor is in your houses.^(M)
15 What do you mean by crushing my people,
    by grinding the face of the poor? says the Lord God of hosts.^(N)

¹⁶ The Lord said:
Because the daughters of Zion are haughty
    and walk with outstretched necks,
    glancing wantonly with their eyes,
mincing along as they go,
    tinkling with their feet;^(O)
17 the Lord will afflict with scabs
    the heads of the daughters of Zion,
    and the Lord will lay bare their scalps and heads.

²⁴ Instead of perfume there will be a stench;
    and instead of a sash, a rope;
and instead of well-styled hair, baldness;
    and instead of a rich robe, a binding of sackcloth;
    instead of beauty, shame.^[b](S)
25 Your men shall fall by the sword
    and your warriors in battle.^(T)
26 And her gates shall lament and mourn;
    desolate, she shall sit upon the ground.^(U)