³ His delight is in the fear of the Lord,
And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes,
Nor decide by the hearing of His ears;
⁴ But ^(F)with righteousness He shall judge the poor,
And decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
He shall ^(G)strike the earth with the rod of His mouth,
And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.
⁵ Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins,
And faithfulness the belt of His waist.

⁶ “The^(H) wolf also shall dwell with the lamb,
The leopard shall lie down with the young goat,
The calf and the young lion and the fatling together;
And a little child shall lead them.
⁷ The cow and the bear shall graze;
Their young ones shall lie down together;
And the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
⁸ The nursing child shall play by the cobra’s hole,
And the weaned child shall put his hand in the viper’s den.
^9 (I)They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain,
For ^(J)the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord
As the waters cover the sea.

⁴ “I will give ^(D)children^[c] to be their princes,
And ^[d]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 ^[e]elder,
And the ^[f]base toward the honorable.”

⁶ When a man takes hold of his brother
In the house of his father, saying,
“You have clothing;
You be our ruler,
And let these ruins be under your ^[g]power,”
⁷ In that day he will protest, saying,
“I cannot cure your ills,
For in my house is neither food nor clothing;
Do not make me a ruler of the people.”

⁸ For ^(E)Jerusalem stumbled,
And Judah is fallen,
Because their tongue and their doings
Are against the Lord,
To provoke the eyes of His glory.
⁹ The look on their countenance witnesses against them,
And they declare their sin as ^(F)Sodom;
They do not hide it.
Woe to their soul!
For they have brought evil upon themselves.

¹⁰ “Say to the righteous ^(G)that it shall be well with them,
^(H)For they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
¹¹ Woe to the wicked! ^(I)It shall be ill with him,
For the reward of his hands shall be ^[h]given him.
¹² As for My people, children are their oppressors,
And women rule over them.
O My people! ^(J)Those who lead you ^[i]cause you to err,
And destroy the way of your paths.”

“Because the daughters of Zion are haughty,
And walk with ^[l]outstretched necks
And ^[m]wanton eyes,
Walking and ^[n]mincing as they go,
Making a jingling with their feet,
¹⁷ Therefore the Lord will strike with ^(N)a scab
The crown of the head of the daughters of Zion,
And the Lord will ^(O)uncover their secret parts.”

¹⁸ In that day the Lord will take away the finery:
The jingling anklets, the ^[o]scarves, and the ^(P)crescents;
¹⁹ The pendants, the bracelets, and the veils;
²⁰ The headdresses, the leg ornaments, and the headbands;
The perfume boxes, the charms,
²¹     and the rings;
The nose jewels,
²²     the festal apparel, and the mantles;
The outer garments, the purses,
²³     and the mirrors;
The fine linen, the turbans, and the robes.

Instead of a sweet smell there will be a stench;
Instead of a sash, a rope;
Instead of well-set hair, ^(Q)baldness;
Instead of a rich robe, a girding of sackcloth;
And ^[p]branding instead of beauty.
²⁵ Your men shall fall by the sword,
And your ^[q]mighty in the war.

^26 (R)Her gates shall lament and mourn,
And she being desolate ^(S)shall sit on the ground.