| 章 |
| 3:1 |
For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water;
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| 3:2 |
the mighty man and the soldier, the judge and the prophet, the diviner and the elder,
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| 3:3 |
the captain of fifty and the man of rank, the counselor and the skilful magician and the expert in charms.
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| 3:4 |
And I will make boys their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
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| 3:5 |
And the people will oppress one another, every man his fellow and every man his neighbor;the youth will be insolent to the elder, and the base fellow to the honorable.
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| 3:6 |
When a man takes hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying: 'You have a mantle;you shall be our leader, and this heap of ruins shall be under your rule';
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| 3:7 |
in that day he will speak out, saying: 'I will not be a healer;in my house there is neither bread nor mantle;you shall not make me leader of the people.'
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| 3:8 |
For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen;because their speech and their deeds are against the LORD, defying his glorious presence.
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| 3:9 |
Their partiality witnesses against them;they proclaim their sin like Sodom, they do not hide it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil upon themselves.
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| 3:10 |
Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
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| 3:11 |
Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for what his hands have done shall be done to him.
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| 3:12 |
My people -- children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, your leaders mislead you, and confuse the course of your paths.
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| 3:13 |
The LORD has taken his place to contend, he stands to judge his people.
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| 3:14 |
The LORD enters into judgment with the elders and princes of his people: 'It is you who have devoured the vineyard, the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
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| 3:15 |
What do you mean by crushing my people, by grinding the face of the poor?' says the Lord GOD of hosts.
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| 3:16 |
The LORD said: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with outstretched necks, glancing wantonly with their eyes, mincing along as they go, tinkling with their feet;
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| 3:17 |
the Lord will smite with a scab the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will lay bare their secret parts.
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| 3:18 |
In that day the Lord will take away the finery of the anklets, the headbands, and the crescents;
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| 3:19 |
the pendants, the bracelets, and the scarfs;
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| 3:20 |
the headdresses, the armlets, the sashes, the perfume boxes, and the amulets;
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| 3:21 |
the signet rings and nose rings;
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| 3:22 |
the festal robes, the mantles, the cloaks, and the handbags;
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| 3:23 |
the garments of gauze, the linen garments, the turbans, and the veils.
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| 3:24 |
Instead of perfume there will be rottenness;and instead of a girdle, a rope;and instead of well-set hair, baldness;and instead of a rich robe, a girding of sackcloth;instead of beauty, shame.
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| 3:25 |
Your men shall fall by the sword and your mighty men in battle.
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| 3:26 |
And her gates shall lament and mourn;ravaged, she shall sit upon the ground.
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