Judgment on Jerusalem and Judah
For behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts Lev 26:26Ezk 14:13Ezk 4:16-17Isa 1:24Isa 2:22Isa 36:12Isa 5:13Isa 51:22
is about to remove
from Jerusalem and Judah
both supply 1and support:
the whole supply of food and water,
the mighty man and the warrior, 2Ki 24:14-16Isa 9:14-15Amo 2:3Ezk 17:13Ezk 8:12Ezk 9:5Isa 2:13-15Lam 5:12-14
the judge and the prophet,
the soothsayer and the elder,
the commander of fifty and the dignitary, 1Sa 8:12Deu 1:15Exo 18:21Jdg 8:18Exo 4:10Exo 4:14-16
the counselor, the cunning magician, and the clever enchanter.
“I will make mere lads their leaders, Ecc 10:161Ki 3:7-92Ch 33:12Ch 36:52Ch 36:92Ch 34:12Ch 36:112Ch 36:2
and children will rule over them.”
The people will oppress one another, Jer 9:3-8Mal 3:52Ki 2:232Sa 16:5-9Amo 4:1Ecc 10:5-7Ezk 22:12Ezk 22:6-7
man against man, neighbor against neighbor;
the young will rise up against the old,
and the base against the honorable.
A man will seize his brother Isa 4:1Jdg 11:6-8Jhn 6:15
within his father’s house:
“You have a cloak—you be our leader!
Take charge of this heap of rubble.”
On that day he will cry aloud: Hos 5:13Deu 32:40Ezk 34:4Gen 14:22Hos 6:1Isa 58:12Jer 14:19Lam 2:13
“I am not a healer. 2
I have no food or clothing in my house.
Do not make me leader of the people!”
For Jerusalem has stumbled 1Co 10:22Ezk 9:9Hos 7:16Mal 3:13-152Ch 28:182Ch 28:5-72Ch 33:112Ch 33:6-7
and Judah has fallen
because they spoke and acted against the LORD,
defying His glorious presence. 3
The expression on their faces testifies against them, Gen 13:13Gen 18:20-21Jer 6:151Sa 15:322Ki 9:30Ezk 23:16Gen 19:5-9Isa 3:16
and like Sodom they flaunt their sin;
they do not conceal it.
Woe to them,
for they have brought disaster upon themselves.
Tell the righteous it will be well with them, Psa 128:1-2Heb 6:10Gal 6:7-8Ecc 8:12Ezk 18:9-19Deu 28:1-14Psa 18:23-24Mal 3:18
for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! Ecc 8:13Jas 2:13Psa 120:3-4Psa 28:4Isa 48:22Isa 65:13-15Isa 65:20Pro 1:31
For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
Youths oppress My people, Isa 3:4Nam 3:132Ki 11:1Isa 28:14-15Isa 9:15-16Jer 5:31Mat 15:14Num 6:23-27
and women rule over them.
O My people, your guides mislead you;
they turn you from your paths.
The LORD arises to contend; Mic 6:2Hos 4:1-2Pro 22:22-23Pro 23:10-11Psa 12:5
He stands to judge the people.
The LORD brings this charge Job 22:4Amo 4:1Isa 3:2-3Isa 5:7Jas 2:6Jer 5:27Job 24:9Psa 14:4
against the elders and leaders of His people:
“You have devoured the vineyard;
the plunder of the poor is in your houses.
Why do you crush My people Mic 3:2-3Psa 94:5Amo 2:6-7Amo 8:4-6Exo 5:14Ezk 18:2Isa 58:4Jon 1:6
and grind the faces of the poor?”
declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
A Warning to the Daughters of Zion
The LORD also says: Isa 32:9-11Ezk 16:49-50Pro 30:13Isa 4:4Luk 23:28Isa 1:8Isa 24:4Isa 3:18
“Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—
walking with heads held high
and wanton eyes,
prancing and skipping as they go,
jingling the bracelets on their ankles—
the Lord will bring sores Jer 13:22Isa 20:4Lev 13:29-30Lev 13:43-44Mic 1:11Rev 16:2Deu 28:27Ezk 16:36-37
on the heads of the daughters of Zion,
and the LORD will make their foreheads bare. 4”
In that day the Lord will take away their finery: Jdg 8:21Jdg 8:26
their anklets and headbands and crescents;
their pendants, bracelets, and veils; Ezk 16:11Exo 35:22Gen 24:22Gen 24:30Gen 24:53Gen 38:18Num 31:50Gen 38:25
their headdresses, ankle chains, and sashes; Exo 39:28Exo 32:2Ezk 16:12Gen 35:4Hos 2:13
their perfume bottles and charms;
their signet rings and nose rings; Gen 24:471Pe 3:3-41Ti 2:9-10Est 8:12Ezk 16:12Gen 41:42Jas 2:2Luk 15:22
their festive robes, capes, cloaks, and purses;
and their mirrors, linen garments, tiaras, and shawls. 1Ch 15:27Exo 38:8Ezk 16:10Gen 24:65Gen 41:42Luk 16:19Rev 19:14Rev 19:8
Instead of fragrance Ezk 27:31Lam 2:101Pe 3:3Isa 15:3Isa 22:12Mic 1:16Amo 8:10Est 2:12
there will be a stench;
instead of a belt, a rope;
instead of styled hair, baldness;
instead of fine clothing, sackcloth;
instead of beauty, shame. 5
Your men will fall by the sword, 2Ch 29:9Amo 9:10Isa 1:20Jer 11:22Jer 14:18Jer 18:21Jer 19:7Jer 21:9
and your warriors in battle.
And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; Jer 14:2Lam 2:10Lam 1:4Job 2:13Ezk 26:16Job 2:8Luk 19:44Isa 47:1
destitute, she will sit on the ground.