^{1 Ref} 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 Ref} the mighty man, and the man of war; the judge, and the prophet, and the diviner, and the elder;

^{3 Ref} the captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counsellor, and the expert artificer, and the skilful enchanter.

^{4 Ref} And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

^{5 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} 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.