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soldiers and heroes,
judges and prophets,
    leaders and army officers,
officials and advisors,
fortunetellers and others
    who tell the future.
He will let children and babies[a]
    become your rulers.

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Footnotes

  1. 3.4 babies: Or “worthless nobodies.”

    the hero and the warrior,(A)
the judge and the prophet,
    the diviner(B) and the elder,(C)
the captain of fifty(D) and the man of rank,(E)
    the counselor, skilled craftsman(F) and clever enchanter.(G)

“I will make mere youths their officials;
    children will rule over them.”(H)

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