5. People will oppress each other— man against man, neighbor against neighbor. The young will rise up against the old, the nobody against the honored.
6. 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!”
7. 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.”
8. Jerusalem staggers, Judah is falling; their words and deeds are against the Lord, defying his glorious presence.
9. 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.