3:1 Behold now, the Lord, the ord of hosts,
will take away from Jerusalem and from Judea the mighty man and mighty
woman, the strength of bread, and the strength of water,
3:2 the great and mighty man, the warrior and the judge, and the prophet,
and the counsellor, and the elder,
3:3 the captain of fifty also, and the honourable counsellor, and the wise
artificer, and the intelligent hearer.
3:4 And I will make youths their princes, and mockers shall have dominion
over them.
3:5 And the people shall fall, man upon man, and [every] man upon his
neighbor: the child shall insult the elder man, and the base the honourable.
3:6 For a man shall lay hold of his brother, as one of his father's
household, saying, Thou hast raiment, be thou our ruler, and let my meat be
under thee.
3:7 And he shall answer in that day, and say, I will not be thy ruler; for I
have no bread in my house, nor raiment: I will not be the ruler of this
people.
3:8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judea has fallen, and their tongues [have
spoken] with iniquity, disobedient [as they are] towards the Lord.
3:9 Wherefore now their glory has been brought low, and the shame of their
countenance has withstood them, and they have proclaimed their sin as Sodom,
and made it manifest.
3:10 Woe to their soul, for they have devised an evil counsel against
themselves, saying against themselves, Let us bind the just, for he is
burdensome to us: therefore shall they eat the fruits of their works.
3:11 Woe to the transgressor! evils shall happen to him according to the
works of his hands.
3:12 O my people, your exactors strip you, and extortioners rule over you: O
my people, they that pronounce you blesses lead you astray, and pervert the
path of your feet.
3:13 But now the Lord will stand up for judgement, and will enter into
judgement with his people.
3:14 The Lord himself shall enter into judgement with the elders of the
people, and with their rulers: but why have ye set my vineyard on fire, and
[why is] the spoil of the poor in your houses?
3:15 Why do ye wrong my people, and shame the face of the poor?
3:16 Thus saith the Lord, Because the daughters of Sion are haughty, and
have walked with an outstretched neck, and with winking of the eyes, and
motion of the feet, at the same time drawing their garments in trains, and
at the same time sporting with their feet:
3:17 therefore the Lord will humble the chief daughters of Sion, and the
Lord will expose their form in that day;
3:18 and the Lord will take away the glory of their raiment, the curls and
the fringes, and the crescents,
3:19 and the chains, and the ornaments of their faces,
3:20 and the array of glorious ornaments, and the armlets, and the
bracelets, and the wreathed work, and the finger-rings, and the ornaments
for the right hand,
3:21 and the ear-rings, and the garments with scarlet borders,
3:22 and the garments with purple grounds, and the shawls to be worn in the
house, and the Spartan transparent dresses,
3:23 and those made of fine linen, and the purple [ones], and the scarlet
[ones], and the fine linen, interwoven with gold and purple, and the light
coverings for couches.
3:24 And there shall be instead of a sweet smell, dust; and instead of a
girdle, thou shalt gird thyself with a rope; and instead of a golden
ornament for the head, thou shalt have baldness on account of thy works; and
instead of a tunic with a scarlet ground, thou shalt gird thyself with
sackcloth.
3:25 And thy most beautiful son whom thou lovest shall fall by the sword;
and your mighty men shall fall by the sword, and shall be brought low.
3:26 And the stores of your ornaments shall mourn, and thou shalt be left
alone, and shalt be levelled with the ground. |
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. |