1 For behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, will 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 honourable man, and the counsellor, and the clever among artificers, and the one versed in enchantments.
4 And I will appoint youths as their princes, and children shall rule over them.
5 And the people shall be oppressed one by the other, and each by his neighbour; the child will be insolent against the elder, and the base against the honourable.
6 When a man shall take hold of his brother, in his father's house, {and shall say:} Thou hast clothing; be our chief, and let this ruin be under thy hand;
7 he will lift up {his hand} in that day, saying, I cannot be a healer, and in my house there is neither bread nor clothing; ye shall not make me a chief of the people.
8 For Jerusalem stumbleth and Judah falleth, because their tongue and their doings are against Jehovah, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
9 The look of their face doth witness against them, and they declare their sin as Sodom: they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have brought evil upon 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}, because the desert of his hands shall be rendered unto him.
12 {As for} my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people! they that guide thee mislead {thee}, and destroy the way of thy paths.
13 Jehovah setteth himself to plead, and standeth to judge the peoples.
14 Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people and their princes, {saying:} 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 faces of the afflicted? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
16 And Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched-out neck and wanton eyes, and go along mincing, and making a tinkling with their feet;
17 therefore the Lord will make bald 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 ornament of anklets, and the little suns and crescents,
19 the pearl-drops, and the bracelets, and the veils,
20 the head-dresses, and the stepping chains, and the girdles, and the scent-boxes, and the amulets;
21 the finger-rings, and the nose-rings;
22 the festival-robes, and the tunics, and the mantles, and the wallets;
23 the mirrors, and the fine linen bodices, and the turbans, and the flowing veils.
24 And it shall come to pass, instead of perfume there shall be rottenness; and instead of a girdle, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a robe of display, a girding of sackcloth; brand instead of beauty.
25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the fight;
26 and her gates shall lament and mourn; and, stripped, she shall sit upon the ground.
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。