1 看哪！ 主万军之耶和华， 快要从耶路撒冷和犹大， 除掉人所倚靠的和所倚赖的， 就是众人所倚靠的粮， 众人所倚赖的水；

2 除掉勇士和战士、审判官和先知、占卜的和长老、

3 五十夫长和尊贵的人、谋士和有技艺的工人， 以及精通法术的。

4 我必使孩童作他们的领袖， 使婴孩管辖他们。

5 人民必互相压迫， 人欺压人， 也欺压自己的邻舍； 年轻人要欺凌老年人， 卑贱人必欺凌尊贵人。

6 人若在父家里， 拉住自己一个兄弟， 说： "你有一件外衣， 你就作我们的官长吧！ 这败落的事就归你的手处理。"

7 那时， 那人必高声说： "我不作医治你们的人， 因为我家里没有粮食， 也没有外衣， 你们不要立我作人民的官长。"

8 耶路撒冷败落， 犹大倾倒， 是因为他们的舌头和行为都敌对耶和华， 惹怒了他那充满荣光的眼目。

9 他们面上的表情指证他们的不对； 他们像所多玛一般宣扬自己的罪恶， 并不隐瞒； 他们有祸了， 因为他们自招祸害。

10 你们要告诉义人， 他们必得福乐， 因为他们必享自己行为所结的果子。

11 恶人却有祸了， 他们必遭灾难， 因为他们必按自己手所作的得报应。

12 至于我的子民， 孩童欺压他们， 妇女管辖他们； 我的子民啊！ 那引导你们的， 使你们走错了路， 并且混乱了你们所走的方向。

13 耶和华起来辩论， 站着审判人民。

14 耶和华必审问他子民中的长老和领袖， 说： "那吞尽葡萄园的， 就是你们； 从贫穷人那里掠夺的， 都在你们家中。"

15 主万军之耶和华说： "你们为什么压迫我的子民， 搓磨贫穷人的脸呢？"

16 耶和华又说： "因为锡安的女子高傲， 走路挺直颈项， 媚眼看人， 俏步徐行， 用脚发出叮当声。

17 因此， 主必使锡安的女子头顶长出秃疮； 耶和华又使她们露出前额。"

18 到那日， 主必除掉她们华美的脚钏、发网、月牙圈、

19 耳坠、手镯、蒙脸的帕子、

20 头饰、脚环、华带、香盒、符囊、

21 戒指、鼻环、

22 美服、外衣、钱袋、

23 镜子、细麻衬衣、头巾、蒙身帕子。

24 必有腐臭代替馨香， 绳子代替腰带， 光秃代替美发， 麻衣系腰代替美服， 烙痕代替美貌。

25 你的男丁要倒在刀下， 你的勇士必死在战场。

26 锡安的城门必悲哀哭号， 锡安被掠夺， 成了一片荒凉后， 必坐在地上。

1 For, behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and 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, and the diviner, and the elder; 3 the captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counsellor, and the expert artificer, and the skilful enchanter. 4 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. 5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable. 6 When a man shall take hold of his brother in 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 shall he lift up his voice, saying, I will not be a healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: ye shall not make me ruler of the people. 8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen; because their tongue and their doings are against Jehovah, to provoke the eyes of his glory. 9 The show 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 done evil unto themselves. 10 Say ye of the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. 11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him. 12 As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they that lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.

13 Jehovah standeth up to contend, and standeth to judge the peoples. 14 Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and the princes thereof: It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses: 15 what mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

16 Moreover Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet; 17 therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will lay bare their secret parts. 18 In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, and the cauls, and the crescents; 19 the pendants, and the bracelets, and the mufflers; 20 the headtires, and the ankle chains, and the sashes, and the perfume-boxes, and the amulets; 21 the rings, and the nose-jewels; 22 the festival robes, and the mantles, and the shawls, and the satchels; 23 the hand-mirrors, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the veils. 24 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet spices there shall be rottenness; and instead of a girdle, a rope; and instead of well set hair, baldness; and instead of a robe, a girding of sackcloth; branding instead of beauty. 25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war. 26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate and sit upon the ground.