1For behold, the Lord [a]GOD of armies is going to remove from Jerusalem and Judah

Both supply and support, the entire supply of bread

And the entire supply of water;

2The mighty man and the warrior,

The judge and the prophet,

The diviner and the elder,

3The captain of fifty and the esteemed person,

The counselor and the expert artisan,

And the skillful enchanter.

4And I will make mere boys their leaders,

And [b]mischievous children will rule over them,

5And the people will be oppressed,

Each one by another, and each one by his neighbor;

The youth will assault the elder,

And the contemptible person will assault the one honored.

6When a man lays hold of his brother in his father’s house, saying,

“You have a cloak, you shall be our ruler!

And these ruins will be under your [c]authority,”

7He will [d]protest on that day, saying,

“I will not be your [e]healer,

For in my house there is neither bread nor cloak;

You should not appoint me ruler of the people.”

8For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen,

Because their [f]speech and their actions are against the LORD,

To rebel against [g]His glorious presence.

9[h]The expression of their faces testifies against them,

And they [i]display their sin like Sodom;

They do not even conceal it.

Woe to [j]them!

For they have done evil to themselves.

10Say to the righteous that it will go well for them,

For they will eat the fruit of their actions.

11Woe to the wicked! It will go badly for him,

For [k]what he deserves will be done to him.

12My people! Their oppressors treat them violently,

And women rule over them.

My people! Those who guide you lead you astray

And confuse the direction of your paths.

God Will Judge