Judah and Jerusalem shall be punished for their disobedience—The Lord pleads for and judges his people—The daughters of Zion cursed and tormented for their worldliness—Compare 2 Nephi 13.

 ^aFOR^•, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from ^bJerusalem^• and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of ^cbread^•, and the whole stay of water,

 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ^aancient^•,

 The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and ^athe^• cunning artificer, and the ^beloquent^• orator.

 And I will give ^achildren^• to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ^aancient^•, and the base against the honourable.

 When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ^aruin^• be under thy hand:

 In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be ^aan^• healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.

 For ^aJerusalem^• is ruined, and Judah is ^bfallen^•: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

 ¶ The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their ^asin^• as ^bSodom^•, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

 Say ye to the ^arighteous^•, that it shall be well with him: for they shall ^beat^• the fruit of their doings.

 Woe unto the ^awicked^•! it shall be ill with him: for ^bthe^• reward of his hands shall be given him.

 ¶ As for my people, children are their oppressors, and ^awomen^• rule over them. O my people, they which ^blead^• thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.

 The LORD standeth up to ^aplead^•, and standeth to judge the people.

 The LORD will enter into ^ajudgment with the ^bancients^• of his people, and the ^cprinces^• thereof: for ye have ^deaten^• up the vineyard; the ^espoil^• of the ^fpoor^• is in your houses.

 What mean ye that ye ^abeat^• my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

 ¶ Moreover the LORD saith, Because the ^adaughters of Zion are ^bhaughty, and ^cwalk with stretched forth necks and ^dwanton eyes, walking and ^emincing^• as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:

 Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will ^adiscover^• their secret parts.

 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their ^acauls^•, and their ^bround^• tires like the moon,

 The chains, and the bracelets, and the ^amufflers^•,

 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,

 The rings, and nose jewels,

 The ^achangeable^• suits of ^bapparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins,

 The ^aglasses^•, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.

 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle ^aa^• rent; and instead of well set hair ^bbaldness^•; and instead of ^ca^• stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and ^dburning^• instead of ^ebeauty.

 Thy ^amen^• shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.

 And her ^agates^• shall ^blament^• and ^cmourn^•; and she being ^ddesolate^• shall sit upon the ^eground^•.