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1. Understand what I am telling you: The Lord God All-Powerful will take away everything Judah and Jerusalem depend on. He will take away all the food and water.
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1. For H3588 , behold H2009 , the Lord H113 , the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 , doth take away H5493 from Jerusalem H4480 H3389 and from Judah H4480 H3063 the stay H4937 and the staff H4938 , the whole H3605 stay H4937 of bread H3899 , and the whole H3605 stay H4937 of water H4325 ,
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2. He will take away all the heroes and soldiers. He will take away all the judges, the prophets, the fortunetellers, and the elders.
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2. The mighty H1368 man , and the man H376 of war H4421 , the judge H8199 , and the prophet H5030 , and the prudent H7080 , and the ancient H2205 ,
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3. He will take away the army officers and important officials. He will take away the skilled counselors, the magicians, and those who try to tell the future.
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3. The captain H8269 of fifty H2572 , and the honorable man H5375 H6440 , and the counselor H3289 , and the cunning H2450 artificer H2796 , and the eloquent H995 orator H3908 .
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4. The Lord says, "I will put young boys in charge of you. They will be your leaders.
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4. And I will give H5414 children H5288 to be their princes H8269 , and babes H8586 shall rule H4910 over them.
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5. The people will turn against each other. Young people will not respect those who are older. The common people will not respect important leaders."
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5. And the people H5971 shall be oppressed H5065 , every one H376 by another H376 , and every one H376 by his neighbor H7453 : the child H5288 shall behave himself proudly H7292 against the ancient H2205 , and the base H7034 against the honorable H3513 .
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6. In those days a man will grab one of his brothers from his own family and tell him, "You have a coat, so you will be our leader. You will be the leader over all these ruins."
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6. When H3588 a man H376 shall take hold H8610 of his brother H251 of the house H1004 of his father H1 , saying , Thou hast clothing H8071 , be H1961 thou our ruler H7101 , and let this H2063 ruin H4384 be under H8478 thy hand H3027 :
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7. But the brother will refuse and say, "I cannot help you. I don't have enough food or clothes for my own family. You will not make me your leader."
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7. In that H1931 day H3117 shall he swear H5375 , saying H559 , I will not H3808 be H1961 a healer H2280 ; for in my house H1004 is neither H369 bread H3899 nor H369 clothing H8071 : make H7760 me not H3808 a ruler H7101 of the people H5971 .
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8. This will happen because Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen. They turned against the Lord. They said and did things against him, right in front of his glorious eyes.
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8. For H3588 Jerusalem H3389 is ruined H3782 , and Judah H3063 is fallen H5307 : because H3588 their tongue H3956 and their doings H4611 are against H413 the LORD H3068 , to provoke H4784 the eyes H5869 of his glory H3519 .
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9. The look on their faces shows that they are guilty. They are like the people of Sodom; they don't care who sees their sin. But it will be very bad for them. They will get what they deserve.
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9. The show H1971 of their countenance H6440 doth witness H6030 against them ; and they declare H5046 their sin H2403 as Sodom H5467 , they hide H3582 it not H3808 . Woe H188 unto their soul H5315 ! for H3588 they have rewarded H1580 evil H7451 unto themselves.
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10. Tell the people who do what is right that good things will happen to them. They will receive a reward for what they do.
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10. Say H559 ye to the righteous H6662 , that H3588 it shall be well H2895 with him : for H3588 they shall eat H398 the fruit H6529 of their doings H4611 .
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11. But it will be very bad for wicked people, because they, too, will get what they deserve. They will get what they did to others.
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11. Woe H188 unto the wicked H7563 ! it shall be ill H7451 with him : for H3588 the reward H1576 of his hands H3027 shall be given H6213 him.
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12. Even children will defeat my people, and women will rule over them. My people, your guides lead you the wrong way, and they destroy the path you should follow.
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12. As for my people H5971 , children H5768 are their oppressors H5065 , and women H802 rule H4910 over them . O my people H5971 , they which lead H833 thee cause thee to err H8582 , and destroy H1104 the way H1870 of thy paths H734 .
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13. Look, the Lord is standing to judge his people.
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13. The LORD H3068 standeth up H5324 to plead H7378 , and standeth H5975 to judge H1777 the people H5971 .
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14. The Lord is ready to present his case against the elders and leaders of his people. The Lord says, "You people have burned the vineyard, and what you stole from the poor is still in your houses.
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14. The LORD H3068 will enter H935 into judgment H4941 with H5973 the ancients H2205 of his people H5971 , and the princes H8269 thereof : for ye H859 have eaten up H1197 the vineyard H3754 ; the spoil H1500 of the poor H6041 is in your houses H1004 .
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15. What gives you the right to hurt my people? What gives you the right to push the faces of the poor into the dirt?" The Lord God All- Powerful said this.
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15. What mean ye H4100 that ye beat my people to pieces H1792 H5971 , and grind H2912 the faces H6440 of the poor H6041 ? saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3068 of hosts H6635 .
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16. The Lord says, "The women in Zion have become very proud. They walk around with their heads in the air, acting like they are better than other people. They flirt with their eyes and make tinkling sounds with their ankle bracelets as they take their quick little steps."
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16. Moreover the LORD H3068 saith H559 , Because H3282 H3588 the daughters H1323 of Zion H6726 are haughty H1361 , and walk H1980 with stretched forth H5186 necks H1627 and wanton H8265 eyes H5869 , walking H1980 and mincing H2952 as they go H1980 , and making a tinkling H5913 with their feet H7272 :
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17. The Lord will put sores on the heads of those women in Zion. The Lord will make their heads bald.
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17. Therefore the Lord H136 will smite with a scab H5596 the crown of the head H6936 of the daughters H1323 of Zion H6726 , and the LORD H3068 will discover H6168 their secret parts H6596 .
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18. Then the Lord will take away everything they are proud of: the beautiful ankle bracelets, the necklaces that look like the sun and the moon,
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18. In that H1931 day H3117 the Lord H136 will take away H5493 H853 the bravery H8597 of their tinkling ornaments H5914 about their feet , and their cauls H7636 , and their round tires H7720 like the moon,
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19. the earrings, bracelets, and veils,
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19. The chains H5188 , and the bracelets H8285 , and the mufflers H7479 ,
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20. the scarves, the ankle chains, the cloth belts worn around their waists, the bottles of perfume, the charms,
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20. The bonnets H6287 , and the ornaments of the legs H6807 , and the headbands H7196 , and the tablets H1004 H5315 , and the earrings H3908 ,
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21. the signet rings, and the nose rings,
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21. The rings H2885 , and nose H639 jewels H5141 ,
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22. the fine dresses, robes, veils, and purses,
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22. The changeable suits of apparel H4254 , and the mantles H4595 , and the wimples H4304 , and the crisping pins H2754 ,
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23. the mirrors, linen dresses, turbans, and long shawls.
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23. The glasses H1549 , and the fine linen H5466 , and the hoods H6797 , and the veils H7289 .
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24. Those women now have sweet-smelling perfume, but it will get moldy and stink. Now they wear belts, but then they will have only ropes to wear. Now they have their hair fixed in fancy ways, but then their heads will be shaved�they will have no hair. Now they have party dresses, but then they will have only mourning clothes. They have beauty marks on their faces now, but then they will have another mark. It will be a mark burned into their skin to show that they are slaves.
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24. And it shall come to pass H1961 , that instead H8478 of sweet smell H1314 there shall be H1961 stink H4716 ; and instead H8478 of a girdle H2290 a rent H5364 ; and instead H8478 of well set H4639 hair H4748 baldness H7144 ; and instead H8478 of a stomacher H6614 a girding H4228 of sackcloth H8242 ; and burning H3587 instead H8478 of beauty H3308 .
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25. Your men will be killed with swords. Your heroes will die in war.
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25. Thy men H4962 shall fall H5307 by the sword H2719 , and thy mighty H1369 in the war H4421 .
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26. There will be crying and sadness in the meeting places by the city gates. Jerusalem will sit there empty, like a woman who has lost everything to thieves and robbers and now just sits on the ground and cries.
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26. And her gates H6607 shall lament H578 and mourn H56 ; and she being desolate H5352 shall sit H3427 upon the ground H776 .
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