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captains and dignitaries,
    counselors, skilled magicians,
    and expert enchanters.
I will appoint young boys as their princes,
    mere lads to rule over them.
People will oppress one another,
    each one ill-treated by his neighbor.
The young will be arrogant toward their elders,
    as will the lowly toward the honorable.

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the captain of fifty(A) and the man of rank,(B)
    the counselor, skilled craftsman(C) and clever enchanter.(D)

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

People will oppress each other—
    man against man, neighbor against neighbor.(F)
The young will rise up against the old,
    the nobody against the honored.

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