8. For Jerusalem is ruined,and Judah is fallen,because their tongue and their deeds are against the Lord,to provoke the eyes of His glory.
9. The expression of their countenance witnesses against them,and they declare their sin as Sodom;they hide it not.Woe to them!For they have brought evil on themselves.
10. Say to 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 the reward of his hands shall be given him.
12. As for My people, children are their oppressors,and women rule over them.O My people, those who lead you cause you to err,and destroy the way of your paths.
13. The Lord stands up to pleadand stands to judge the people.
14. The Lord will enter into judgmentwith the elders and the princes of His people:For you have eaten up the vineyard;the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
15. What do you mean that you beat My people to piecesand grind the faces of the poor?says the Lord God of Hosts.
16. Moreover the Lord says:Because the daughters of Zion are haughtyand walk with outstretched necksand wanton eyes,walking and mincing as they go,and making a tinkling with their feet,
17. therefore, the Lord will strike with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion,and the Lord will make their foreheads bare.
18. In that day the Lord will take away the finery of the ankle ornaments, and the headbands, and the crescent ornaments,
19. the chains, and the bracelets, and the veils,
20. the bonnets, the leg ornaments, the sashes, perfume boxes, amulets,
21. the finger rings, nose rings,
22. festal robes, outer tunics, cloaks, purses,
23. hand mirrors, and undergarments, hoods, and veils.
24. Instead of sweet perfume there shall be a stench;and instead of a belt, a rope;and instead of well-set hair, baldness;and instead of fine clothes, a girding of sackcloth;and branding instead of beauty.
25. Your men shall fall by the sword,and your mighty in the war.
26. Her gates shall lament and mourn,and she, being desolate, shall sit on the ground.