¹⁴ The Lord will enter into judgment
    with the elders and princes of his people:
You yourselves have devoured the vineyard;
    the goods stolen from the poor are in your houses.
¹⁵ How dare you crush my people
    and grind the faces of the poor?
    says the Lord God of heavenly forces.

¹⁶ The Lord says:
Because Zion’s daughters applaud themselves,
    walking with their chins in the air,
    flirting with their eyes,
    tiptoeing as they walk, feet jingling—
¹⁷     the Lord will shave the heads of Zion’s daughters,
    and will expose their scalps.

²⁴ Instead of perfume there will be a disgusting odor;
    instead of a sash, a rope;
    instead of styled hair, shaved heads;
    instead of expensive clothes, rags as mourning clothes;
    instead of beauty, shame.^[a]

²⁵ Your men will fall by the sword,
    your warriors in battle!
²⁶ Her gates will lament and mourn;
    desolate, she will sit on the ground.