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| 1 For, behold, The Lord, Jehovah of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah star and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water; |
Whole stay of bread – During the Gospel age the poor Jews have been famishing. They have been without any communication with God. R5031:6; Q269:7
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| 2 the mighty man, and the man of war; the judge, and the prophet, and the diviner, and the elder; |
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| 3 the captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counsellor, and the expert artificer, and the skilful enchanter. |
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| 4 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. |
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| 5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable. |
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| 6 When a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand; |
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| 7 in that day shall he lift up his voice, saying, I will not be a healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: ye shall not make me ruler of the people. |
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| 8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen; because their tongue and their doings are against Jehovah, to provoke the eyes of his glory. |
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| 9 The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have done evil unto themselves. |
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| 10 Say ye of the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. |
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| 11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him. |
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| 12 As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they that lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths. |
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| 13 Jehovah standeth up to contend, and standeth to judge the peoples.
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| 14 Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and the princes thereof: It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses: |
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| 15 what mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts. |
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| 16 Moreover Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet; |
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| 17 therefore Jehovah will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will lay bare their secret parts. |
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| 18 In that day Jehovah will take away the beauty of their anklets, and the cauls, and the crescents; |
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| 19 and the pendants, and the bracelets, and the mufflers; |
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| 20 the headtires, and the ankle chains, and the sashes, and the perfume boxes, and the amulets; |
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| 21 and the rings, and the nose jewels; |
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| 22 the festival robes, and the mantles, and the shawls, and the satchels; |
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| 23 the hand-mirrors, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the veils. |
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| 24 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet spices there shall be rottenness; and instead of a girdle, a rope; and instead of well set hair, baldness; and instead of a robe, a girding of sackcloth: branding instead of beauty. |
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| 25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war. |
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| 26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate and sit upon the ground. |
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