¹⁹ For Yahweh brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he had dealt wantonly in Judah, and trespassed severely against Yahweh.

² He had brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah; all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.

¹⁵ "Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn't walk naked, and they see his shame."

¹⁷ Because you say, 'I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;' and don't know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked;

¹⁸ I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see.

¹⁶ For the statutes of Omri are kept, And all the works of the house of Ahab. You walk in their counsels, That I may make you a ruin, And her inhabitants a hissing; And you will bear the reproach of my people."

¹¹ Ephraim is oppressed, He is crushed in judgment; Because he is intent in his pursuit of idols.

²³ A man's pride brings him low, But one of lowly spirit gains honor.

⁴¹ He gave them into the hand of the nations. Those who hated them ruled over them.

⁴² Their enemies also oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand.

⁴³ Many times he delivered them, But they were rebellious in their counsel, And were brought low in their iniquity.

¹² Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.

⁷ Yahweh makes poor, and makes rich: He brings low, he also lifts up.

⁴³ The foreigner who is in the midst of you shall mount up above you higher and higher; and you shall come down lower and lower.

²⁵ When Moses saw that the people had broken loose, (for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies),

¹¹ God said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?"

⁷ Both of their eyes were opened, and they knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.