⁹ He has stripped my glory from me
    and taken the crown from my head.^(A)

⁴⁴ You have removed the scepter from his hand^[a]
    and hurled his throne to the ground.^(A)

⁷ When I went out to the gate of the city,
    when I took my seat in the square,
⁸ the young men saw me and withdrew,
    and the aged rose up and stood;
⁹ the nobles refrained from talking
    and laid their hands on their mouths;^(A)
10 the voices of princes were hushed,
    and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.^(B)
11 When the ear heard, it commended me,
    and when the eye saw, it approved,
¹² because I delivered the poor who cried
    and the orphan who had no helper.^(C)
13 The blessing of the wretched came upon me,
    and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.^(D)
14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
    my justice was like a robe and a turban.^(E)

¹⁶ The crown has fallen from our head;
    woe to us, for we have sinned!

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

¹¹ Ephraim’s glory shall fly away like a bird—
    no birth, no pregnancy, no conception!^(A)

⁶ but you shall be called priests of the Lord;
    you shall be named ministers of our God;
you shall enjoy the wealth of the nations,
    and in their riches you shall glory.^(A)