For behold,
_the Lord,
_the Lord of Hosts,
_doth take away from Jerusalem,
_and from Judah,
_the stay and the staff,
_the whole staff of bread,
_and the whole stay of water—
The mighty man,
_and the man of war,
_the judge,
_and the prophet,
_and the prudent,
_and the ancient;
The captain of fifty,
_and the honorable man,
_and the counselor,
_and the cunning artificer,
_and the eloquent orator.
And I will give children unto them to be their princes,
_and babes shall rule over them.
And the people shall be oppressed,
_every one by another,
_and every one by his neighbor;
_the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient,
_and the base against the honorable.