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And the people will oppress one another, every man his fellow and every man his neighbor; the youth will be insolent to the elder, and the base fellow to the honorable.
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Therefore my people go into exile for want of knowledge; their honored men are dying of hunger, and their multitude is parched with thirst.
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the elder and honored man is the head, and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail;
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And I will fasten him like a peg in a sure place, and he will become a throne of honor to his father’s house.
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Who has purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?
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The Lord of hosts has purposed it, to defile the pride of all glory, to dishonor all the honored of the earth.
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And the Lord said: “Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men learned by rote;
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The fool will no more be called noble, nor the knave said to be honorable.
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Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life.
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The wild beasts will honor me, the jackals and the ostriches; for I give water in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to my chosen people,
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You have not brought me your sheep for burnt offerings, or honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, or wearied you with frankincense.
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And now the Lord says, who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him, and that Israel might be gathered to him, for I am honored in the eyes of the Lord, and my God has become my strength—
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“If you turn back your foot from the sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day, and call the sabbath a delight and the holy day of the Lord honorable; if you honor it, not going your own ways, or seeking your own pleasure, or talking idly;