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The people will oppress one another—
    each one by his fellow,
    each one by his neighbor.
The child will be insolent to the aged,
    and dishonarable to the honorable.
When a man takes hold of his brother
    in the house of his father, saying:
“You have a cloak, you be our ruler!
    This ruin is under your charge.”
In that day he will protest, saying:
    “I’m no healer!
In my house is no bread or cloak.
    Don’t make me a ruler of people!”

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