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For, behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, does take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water;
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the mighty man, and the man of war; the judge, and the prophet, and the diviner, and the elder;
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the captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counselor, and the expert artificer, and the skillful enchanter.
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I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
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The people shall be oppressed, everyone by another, and everyone by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.
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When a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, [saying], You have clothing, be you our ruler, and let this ruin be under your hand;
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in that day shall he lift up [his voice], saying, I will not be a healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: you shall not make me ruler of the people.