Old/New Testament

3 ¶ For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of the hosts, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread and the whole stay of water,

² the mighty man and the man of war, the judge and the prophet, the fortune-teller and the ancient,

³ the captain of fifty and the honourable man and the counsellor and the cunning artificer and the eloquent wise man.

⁴ And I will give children to be their princes, and young fools shall rule over them.

⁵ And the people shall do violence, one against another, and each one against his neighbour; the child shall rise up against the ancient and the base against the honourable.

⁶ When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand;

⁷ in that day he shall swear, saying, I will not be a healer for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: do not make me a ruler of the people.

⁸ For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen because their tongue and their doings have been against the LORD, to irritate the eyes of his majesty.

⁹ ¶ The appearance of their countenance witnesses against them, and they declare their sin as Sodom; they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! For they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

¹⁰ Say unto the righteous that it shall be well with him, for they shall eat of the fruit of their doings.

¹¹ Woe unto the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for according to the work of his hands it shall be done unto him.

¹² The oppressors of my people are many, and women rule over him. O my people, those who lead thee cause thee to err and twist the way of thy paths.

¹³ The LORD stands up to litigate and is present to judge the peoples.

¹⁴ The LORD will come with judgment against the elders of his people and against these his princes, for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

¹⁵ What do you mean that ye beat my people to pieces and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of the hosts.

¹⁶ ¶ Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and swaggering as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:

¹⁷ Therefore the Lord will make bare the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will uncover that which they are ashamed of.

¹⁸ In that day the Lord will take away the adornment of their shoes and their hair nets and their crystals,

¹⁹ the chains and the jewels and the bracelets,

²⁰ the bonnets and the ornaments of the legs and the headbands and the powders and the earrings,

²¹ the rings, and nose jewels,

²² the changeable suits of apparel and the mantles and the veils and the crisping pins,

²³ the looking glasses and the fine linen and the hoods and the hairdos.

²⁴ And it shall come to pass that instead of sweet perfumes, there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent and instead of well-set hair baldness and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth and burning instead of beauty.

²⁵ Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.

²⁶ Thy gates shall lament and mourn, and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.

4 ¶ And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread and wear our own apparel; only let us be called by thy name to take away our reproach.

² ¶ In that day the branch of the LORD shall be for beauty and glory and the fruit of the earth for greatness and honour to those that are freed of Israel.

³ And it shall come to pass that he that is left in Zion and he that remains in Jerusalem shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem,

⁴ When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning.

⁵ And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of Mount Zion and upon the places of her assemblies a cloud and darkness by day and the shining of a flaming fire by night because over all glory there shall be a covering.

⁶ And there shall be a covert for a shadow in the daytime from the heat and for a place of refuge and for a shelter from storm and from rain.

6 ¶ Brethren, if anyone is overtaken in a fault, ye who are spiritual restore such a one in the spirit of meekness, considering thyself lest thou also be tempted.

² Bear ye one another’s burdens and so fulfil the law of the Christ.

³ For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

⁴ But let everyone prove his own work, and then he shall have glory regarding only himself, and not in another.

⁵ For everyone shall bear his own burden.

⁶ Let the one that is taught in the word communicate unto the one that teaches in all good things.

⁷ Do not deceive yourselves; God is not mocked: for whatever a man sows that shall he also reap.

⁸ For he that sows to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption, but he that sows in the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal life.

⁹ And let us not be weary in well doing, for in due season we shall reap if we faint not.

¹⁰ Therefore as long as we have the opportunity, let us do good unto everyone, especially unto those who are of the household of faith.

¹¹ ¶ Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with my own hand.

¹² As many as desire to please in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised, only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross {Gr. stauros – stake} of the Christ.

¹³ For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law, but desire to have you circumcised that they may glory in your flesh.

¹⁴ But in no wise should I glory, except in the cross {Gr. stauros – stake} of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.

¹⁵ For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails any thing nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.

¹⁶ And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.

¹⁷ From now on let no one trouble me, for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.

¹⁸ Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.