1  For behold, the Lord God of hosts

is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah

support and supply,¹

all support of bread,

and all support of water;

2  the mighty man and the soldier,

the judge and the prophet,

the diviner and the elder,

3  the captain of fifty

and the man of rank,

the counselor and the skillful magician

and the expert in charms.

4  And I will make boys their princes,

and infants² shall rule over them.

5  And the people will oppress one another,

every one his fellow

and every one his neighbor;

^ythe youth will be insolent to the elder,

and the despised to the honorable.