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the military leaders and government leaders,
    the counselors, the skilled craftsmen, and those who try to tell the future.
The Lord says, “I will cause young boys to be your leaders,
    and foolish children will rule over you.
People will be against each other; everyone will be against his neighbor.
    Young people will not respect older people,
    and common people will not respect important people.”

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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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