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For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen;
    because their tongue and their doings are against Yahweh,
to provoke the eyes of his glory.
The look of their faces testify against them.
    They parade their sin like Sodom.
    They don’t hide it.
    Woe to their soul!
    For they have brought disaster upon themselves.
10 Tell the righteous “Good!”
    For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
11 Woe to the wicked!
    Disaster is upon them;
    for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.
12 As for my people, children are their oppressors,
    and women rule over them.
    My people, those who lead you cause you to err,
    and destroy the way of your paths.

13 Yahweh stands up to contend,
    and stands to judge the peoples.
14 Yahweh will enter into judgment with the elders of his people
    and their leaders:
    “It is you who have eaten up the vineyard.
    The plunder of the poor is in your houses.
15     What do you mean that you crush my people,
    and grind the face of the poor?” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.

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For Jerusalem has stumbled
and Judah has fallen
because they have spoken and acted against the Lord,(A)
defying his glorious presence.(B)
The look on their faces testifies against them,
and like Sodom,(C) they flaunt their sin;
they do not conceal it.
Woe to them,
for they have brought disaster on themselves.(D)
10 Tell the righteous that it will go well for them,
for they will eat the fruit of their labor.
11 Woe to the wicked—it will go badly for them,
for what they have done will be done to them.
12 Youths oppress my people,(E)
and women rule over them.
My people, your leaders mislead you;
they confuse the direction of your paths.(F)

13 The Lord rises to argue the case
and stands to judge the people.(G)
14 The Lord brings this charge
against the elders and leaders of his people:(H)
“You have devastated the vineyard.
The plunder from the poor is in your houses.(I)
15 Why do you crush my people
and grind the faces of the poor?”
This is the declaration of the Lord God of Armies.

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