8  For Jerusalem has stumbled,

and Judah has fallen,

because their speech and their deeds are against the Lord,

defying his glorious presence.¹

9  For the look on their faces bears witness against them;

they proclaim their sin ^zlike Sodom;

they do not hide it.

Woe to them!

For they have brought evil on themselves.

10  Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them,

for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

11  Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him,

for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.

12  My people—infants are their oppressors,

and women rule over them.

O my people, your ^aguides mislead you

and they have swallowed up² the course of your paths.

13  The Lord has taken his place to contend;

he stands to judge peoples.

14  The Lord will enter into judgment

with the elders and princes of his people:

“It is you who have devoured³ the vineyard,

the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

15  What do you mean by crushing my people,

by grinding the face of the poor?”

declares the Lord God of hosts.

16  The Lord said:

Because the ^bdaughters of Zion are haughty

and walk with outstretched necks,

glancing wantonly with their eyes,

mincing along as they go,

tinkling with their feet,

17  therefore the Lord will strike with a scab

the heads of the daughters of Zion,

and the Lord will lay bare their secret parts.