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2.20 :His idols of silver, and his idols of gold,
 * Which they made for themselves to worship,
 * To the moles and to the bats;
 * To go into the clefts of the rocks,
 * And into the crevices of the crags,
 * From before the terror of the ,
 * And from the glory of His majesty,
 * When he ariseth to shake mightily the earth.


 * Cease ye from man, in whose nostrils is a breath;
 * For how little is he to be accounted!


 * For, behold, the Lord, the of hosts,
 * Doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah
 * Stay and staff,
 * Every stay of bread, and every stay of water;
 * The mighty man, and the man of war;
 * The judge, and the prophet, And the diviner, and the elder;
 * The captain of fifty, and the man of rank,
 * And the counsellor, and the cunning charmer, and the skilful enchanter.
 * And I will give children to be their princes,
 * And babes shall rule over them.
 * And the people shall oppress one another,
 * Every man his fellow, and every man his neighbour;
 * The child shall behave insolently against the aged,
 * And the base against the honourable,
 * For a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father:
 * 'Thou hast a mantle,
 * Be thou our ruler,
 * And let this ruin be under thy hand.'
 * In that day shall he swear, saying:
 * 'I will not be a healer;
 * For in my house is neither bread nor a mantle;
 * Ye shall not make me ruler of a people.'
 * For Jerusalem is ruined,
 * And Judah is fallen;
 * Because their tongue and their doings are against the ,
 * To provoke the eyes of His glory.


 * The show of their countenance doth witness against them;
 * And they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not.
 * Woe unto their soul!
 * For they have wrought evil unto themselves.
 * Say ye of the righteous, that it shall be well with him;
 * For they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
 * Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him;
 * For the work of his hands shall be done to him.
 * As for My people, a babe is their master,
 * And women rule over them.
 * O My people, they that lead thee cause thee to err,
 * And destroy the way of thy paths.


 * The standeth up to plead,
 * And standeth to judge the peoples.
 * The will enter into judgment
 * With the elders of His people, and the princes thereof:
 * 'It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard;
 * The spoil of the poor is in your houses;
 * What mean ye that ye crush My people,
 * And grind the face of the poor?'
 * Saith the Lord, the of hosts.