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Chapter
3
- 3:1
- For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away
from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole
stay of bread, and the whole stay of water.
- 3:2
- The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet,
and the prudent, and the ancient,
- 3:3
- The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor,
and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
- 3:4
- And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall
rule over them.
- 3:5
- And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another,
and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself
proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
- 3:6
- 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:
- 3:7
- In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer;
for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a
ruler of the people.
- 3:8
- For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their
tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the
eyes of his glory.
- 3:9
- The shew of their countenance doth witness against them;
and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto
their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.
- 3:10
- Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him:
for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
- 3:11
- Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward
of his hands shall be given him.
- 3:12
- As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women
rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee
to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.
- 3:13
- The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the
people.
- 3:14
- The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his
people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard;
the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
- 3:15
- What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind
the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
- 3:16
- Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are
haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes,
walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their
feet:
- 3:17
- Therefore the LORD will smite with a scab the crown of the
head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their
secret parts.
- 3:18
- In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their
tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their
round tires like the moon,
- 3:19
- The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,
- 3:20
- The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands,
and the tablets, and the earrings,
- 3:21
- The rings, and nose jewels,
- 3:22
- The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the
wimples, and the crisping pins,
- 3:23
- The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.
- 3:24
- And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell 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.
- 3:25
- Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
- 3:26
- And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate
shall sit upon the ground.
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