3 For, hinei, HaAdon, Hashem Tzva’os, doth take away from Yerushalayim and from Yehudah supply and support, the whole supply of lechem, and the whole supply of mayim.

² The Gibbor, and the Ish Milchamah, the Shofet, and the Navi, the Diviner, and the Zaken,

³ The sar chamishim, the men of rank and yo’etz (counselor), and masters in art, and the expert enchanter.

⁴ And I will make ne’arim (lads) to be their sarim, and babes shall rule over them.

⁵ And HaAm shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his re’a; the na’ar shall behave himself proudly against the zaken, and the base against the honorable.

⁶ When an ish shall take hold of his brother of his bais avi, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our katzin, and let this ruin be under thy yad;

⁷ In Yom Hahu shall he protest, saying, I am no curer of your ills; for in my bais is neither lechem nor simlah (clothing); make me not a Katzin Am.

⁸ For Yerushalayim is ruined, and Yehudah fallen; because their leshon and their deeds are against Hashem, to provoke the eyes of His kavod.

⁹ The show of their countenance doth testify against them; and they make known their chet like S’dom; they conceal it not. Oy to their nefesh! For they do ra’ah unto themselves.

¹⁰ Say ye to the tzaddik, that it shall be tov with him; for they shall eat the p’ri of their deeds.

¹¹ Oy to the rasha! It shall be rah with him; for what his hands have wrought will be done to him.

¹² As for My people, children are their nogesim (taskmasters), and nashim rule over them. O My people, they which lead thee cause thee to go astray, misleading and swallowing up the Derech Orkhot (way of paths) of thee.

¹³ Hashem hath stood to accuse, and standeth for Din (judging) the Amim (Nations).

¹⁴ Hashem will enter into mishpat with the Ziknei Amo (Elders of His People), and the sarim thereof; for ye have eaten up the kerem (vineyard); the plunder of the oni is in your batim (houses).

¹⁵ What mean ye that ye crush Ami, and grind the faces of the aniyim? saith Adonoi Hashem Tzva’os.

¹⁶ Moreover Hashem saith, Because the Banot Tziyon are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and winking [flirtatious] eyes, walking and tripping along as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet [ankle rings];

¹⁷ Therefore Adonoi will strike with a scab the kodkod (top of the head) Banot Tziyon, and Hashem will lay bare their nakedness.

¹⁸ In Yom Hahu, Adonoi will take away the fine show of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their headbands, and their crescent necklaces,

¹⁹ The earrings, and the bracelets, and the veils,

²⁰ The diadems, and the ankle chains, and the girdles, and the perfume bottles, and the lechashim (amulets),

²¹ The taba’ot (rings), and nose rings,

²² The machalatzot (festal robes), and the mantles, and the cloaks, and the charitim (money purses),

²³ The hand mirrors, and the sedinim (linen coverings), and the tzenifot (turbans), and the veils.

²⁴ And it shall come to pass, that instead of fragrance there shall be stench; and instead of a sash, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a rich cloak, a wrapping of sak (sackcloth); and branding instead of yofi (beauty).

²⁵ Thy men shall fall by the cherev, and thy gevurah in milchamah.

²⁶ And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon ha’aretz.