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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,
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The captain of fifty, and the honourablea man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
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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.
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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:
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In that day shall he swear,b saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.
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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.
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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.
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Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
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As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which leadd thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.
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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.
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What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
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Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wantone eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
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Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discoverf their secret parts.
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In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls,g and their round tires like the moon,
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The chains,h and the bracelets, and the mufflers,
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The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets*,i and the earrings,
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