Isaiah 3:5-7

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⁵And the people will oppress one another,
    every man his fellow
    and every man his neighbor;
the youth will be insolent to the elder,
    and the base fellow to the honorable.

⁶When a man takes hold of his brother
    in the house of his father, saying:
“You have a mantle;
    you shall be our leader,
and this heap of ruins
    shall be under your rule”;
⁷in that day he will speak out, saying:
“I will not be a healer;
    in my house there is neither bread nor mantle;
you shall not make me
    leader of the people.”

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