⁹ He has stripped^(A) me of my honor^(B)
    and removed the crown from my head.^(C)

⁴⁴ You have put an end to his splendor
    and cast his throne to the ground.

⁷ “When I went to the gate^(A) of the city
    and took my seat in the public square,
⁸ the young men saw me and stepped aside^(B)
    and the old men rose to their feet;^(C)
9 the chief men refrained from speaking^(D)
    and covered their mouths with their hands;^(E)
10 the voices of the nobles were hushed,^(F)
    and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.^(G)
11 Whoever heard me spoke well of me,
    and those who saw me commended me,^(H)
12 because I rescued the poor^(I) who cried for help,
    and the fatherless^(J) who had none to assist them.^(K)
13 The one who was dying blessed me;^(L)
    I made the widow’s^(M) heart sing.
¹⁴ I put on righteousness^(N) as my clothing;
    justice was my robe and my turban.^(O)

¹⁶ The crown^(A) has fallen from our head.^(B)
    Woe to us, for we have sinned!^(C)

³⁹ You have renounced the covenant with your servant
    and have defiled his crown in the dust.^(A)

¹¹ Ephraim’s glory^(A) will fly away like a bird^(B)—
    no birth, no pregnancy, no conception.^(C)

⁶ And you will be called priests^(A) of the Lord,
    you will be named ministers of our God.
You will feed on the wealth^(B) of nations,
    and in their riches you will boast.

¹⁶ Do not be overawed when others grow rich,
    when the splendor of their houses increases;
¹⁷ for they will take nothing^(A) with them when they die,
    their splendor will not descend with them.^(B)

30 “But now they mock me,^(A)
    men younger than I,
whose fathers I would have disdained
    to put with my sheep dogs.^(B)