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the captain of fifty and the man of rank, the counselor, skilled craftsman and clever enchanter.
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“I will make mere youths their officials; children will rule over them.”
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People will oppress each other— man against man, neighbor against neighbor. The young will rise up against the old, the nobody against the honored.
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A man will seize one of his brothers in his father’s house, and say, “You have a cloak, you be our leader; take charge of this heap of ruins!”
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But in that day he will cry out, “I have no remedy. I have no food or clothing in my house; do not make me the leader of the people.”
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The look on their faces testifies against them; they parade their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! They have brought disaster upon themselves.
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Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.
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Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them! They will be paid back for what their hands have done.
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The class="small-caps" >Lord takes his place in court; he rises to judge the people.
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The class="small-caps" >Lord enters into judgment against the elders and leaders of his people: “It is you who have ruined my vineyard; the plunder from the poor is in your houses.
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What do you mean by crushing my people and grinding the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord, the class="small-caps" >Lord Almighty.
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The class="small-caps" >Lord says, “The women of Zion are haughty, walking along with outstretched necks, flirting with their eyes, strutting along with swaying hips, with ornaments jingling on their ankles.
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Therefore the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion; the class="small-caps" >Lord will make their scalps bald.”
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In that day the Lord will snatch away their finery: the bangles and headbands and crescent necklaces,
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the earrings and bracelets and veils,
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the headdresses and anklets and sashes, the perfume bottles and charms,
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the fine robes and the capes and cloaks, the purses
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Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a sash, a rope; instead of well-dressed hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, branding.
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Your men will fall by the sword, your warriors in battle.
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In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own food and provide our own clothes; only let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!”
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In that day the Branch of the class="small-caps" >Lord will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of the survivors in Israel.
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Those who are left in Zion, who remain in Jerusalem, will be called holy, all who are recorded among the living in Jerusalem.
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The Lord will wash away the filth of the women of Zion; he will cleanse the bloodstains from Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire.
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Then the class="small-caps" >Lord will create over all of Mount Zion and over those who assemble there a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night; over everything the glory will be a canopy.
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It will be a shelter and shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and rain.
