Judgment on Judah and Jerusalem
1For behold, the sLord God of hosts
is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah
support and supply,1
all tsupport of bread,
and all support of water;
2uthe mighty man and the soldier,
the judge and the prophet,
the diviner and the elder,
3the captain of fifty
and the man of rank,
the counselor and the skillful magician
and the expert in charms.
4vAnd I will make boys their princes,
and infants2 shall rule over them.
5wAnd the people will oppress one another,
every one his fellow
and every one his neighbor;
the youth will be insolent to the elder,
and the despised to the honorable.
6For xa man will take hold of his brother
in the house of his father, saying:
“You have a cloak;
you shall be our leader,
and this heap of ruins
shall be under your rule”;
7in that day he will speak out, saying:
in my house there is neither bread nor cloak;
you shall not make me
leader of the people.”
8For Jerusalem has stumbled,
and Judah has fallen,
because their zspeech and their deeds are against the Lord,
adefying his glorious presence.4
9For the look on their faces bears witness against them;
they proclaim their sin blike Sodom;
they do not hide it.
Woe to them!
cFor they have brought evil on themselves.
10dTell the righteous that it shall be well with them,
efor they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
11fWoe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him,
for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.
12My people—ginfants are their oppressors,
and women rule over them.
O my people, hyour guides mislead you
and they have swallowed up5 the course of your paths.
13The Lord ihas taken his place to contend;
he stands to judge peoples.
14The Lord will enter into judgment
with the jelders and princes of his people:
“It is you who khave devoured6 the vineyard,
lthe spoil of the poor is in your houses.
15What do you mean by mcrushing my people,
by grinding the face of the poor?”
declares the Lord God of hosts.
16The Lord said:
nBecause othe daughters of Zion are haughty
and walk with outstretched necks,
glancing wantonly with their eyes,
mincing along as they go,
ptinkling with their feet,
17therefore the Lord qwill strike with a scab
the heads of othe daughters of Zion,
and the Lord will lay bare their secret parts.
18In that day the Lord will take away rthe finery of the anklets, the sheadbands, and the tcrescents; 19the pendants, the bracelets, and the scarves; 20the uheaddresses, the armlets, the sashes, the perfume boxes, and the amulets; 21the signet rings and vnose rings; 22the wfestal robes, the mantles, the cloaks, and the handbags; 23the mirrors, the linen garments, the turbans, and the veils.
24Instead of xperfume there will be rottenness;
and instead of a ybelt, a rope;
and instead of zwell-set hair, abaldness;
and instead of a rich robe, a bskirt of sackcloth;
and cbranding instead of beauty.
25Your men shall fall by the sword
and your mighty men in battle.
26And dher gates shall lament and mourn;
empty, she shall esit on the ground.
The Prophesied Kingdom — Part One
Ezra 1:1 – Malachi 4:6 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 36:31 • ID: 2390The Prophesied Kingdom — Part Two
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