¹² As for my people, children are their oppressors, And women rule over them. My people, those who lead you cause you to err, And destroy the way of your paths.

⁴ I will give boys to be their princes, And children shall rule over them.

²³ "Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, 'This is how you shall bless the children of Israel.' You shall tell them,

²⁴ 'Yahweh bless you, and keep you.

²⁵ Yahweh make his face to shine on you, And be gracious to you.

²⁶ Yahweh lift up his face toward you, And give you peace.'

²⁷ "So they shall put my name on the children of Israel; and I will bless them."

¹ Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.

¹⁵ The elder and the honorable man, he is the head; and the prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.

¹⁶ For those who lead this people cause them to err; and those who are led of them are destroyed.

¹⁴ Why hear the word of Yahweh, you scoffers, that rule this people that is in Jerusalem:

¹⁵ Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

³¹ the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will you do in the end of it?

¹³ Behold, your troops in your midst are women. The gates of your land are set wide open to your enemies. The fire has devoured your bars.

¹⁴ Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit."

¹³ "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.