3: 2 the mighty man, and the man of war; the judge, and the prophet, and the diviner, and the elder;
3: 3 the captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counsellor, and the expert 29artificer, and the skilful enchanter.
29Or, charmer
3: 4 And I will give children to be their princes, and 30babes shall rule over them.
30Or, with childishness shall they rule over them.
3: 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.
3: 6 When a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our 31ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand;
31Or, judge,
3: 7 in that day shall he lift up his voice, saying, I will not be a 32healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: ye shall not make me ruler of the people.
32Hb. a binder up;
3: 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.
3: 9 33The 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.
33Or, Their respecting of persons doth witness etc.
3: 10 Say ye 34of the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
34So Massoretic. 1Isaa Aram., Vg. read to
3: 11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.
3: 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 35destroy the way of thy paths.
35Hb. swallow up the way of thy paths.
3: 13 Jehovah standeth up to contend, and standeth to judge 36the peoples.
36Or, people.
3: 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:
3: 15 what mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
3: 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;
3: 17 therefore 37Jehovah will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will lay bare their secret parts.
37Sopherim changed to the Lord Also in vs. 18.
3: 18 In that day Jehovah will take away the beauty of their anklets, and the 38cauls, and the crescents;
38Or, networks,
3: 19 and the pendants, and the 39bracelets, and the mufflers;
39Or, chains,
3: 20 the headtires, and the ankle chains, and the sashes, and the 40perfume boxes, and the amulets;
40Lit. houses of the soul,
3: 21 and the rings, and the nose jewels;
3: 22 the festival robes, and the mantles, and the shawls, and the satchels;
3: 23 the hand-mirrors, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the veils.
3: 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.
3: 25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy 41mighty in the war.
41Hb. might
3: 26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be 42desolate and sit upon the ground.
42Or, emptied
