1 Behold now, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, will take away from Jerusalem and from Judea the mighty men and mighty woman, the strength of bread, and the strength of water, 2 the great and mighty men, the warrior and the judge, and the prophet, and the counsellor, and the elder, the captain of fifty also, and the honourable counsellor, and the wise artificer, and the intelligent hearer. 4 And I will make youths their princes, and mockers shall have dominion over them. 5 And the people shall fall, man upon man, and every man upon his neighbour: the child shall insult the elder man, and the base the honourable. 6 For a man shall lay hold of his brother, as one of his father’s household, saying, Thou hast raiment, be thou our ruler, and let my meat be under thee. 7 And he shall answer in that day, and say, I will not be thy ruler; for I have no bread in my house, nor raiment: I will not be the ruler of this people.