12. As for my people, their oppressors have stripped them, and women have ruled over them. O my people, they that call thee blessed, the same deceive thee, and destroy the way of thy steps.
13. The Lord standeth up to judge, and he standeth to judge the people.
14. The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and its princes: for you have devoured the vineyard, and the spoil of the poor is in your house.
15. Why do you consume my people, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord the God of hosts.
16. And the Lord said: Because the daughters of Sion are haughty, and have walked with stretched out necks, and wanton glances of their eyes, and made a noise as they walked with their feet and moved in a set pace:
17. The Lord will make bald the crown of the head of the daughters of Sion, and the Lord will discover their hair.
18. In that day the Lord will take away the ornaments of shoes, end little moons,
19. And chains and necklaces, and bracelets, and bonnets,
20. And bodkins, and ornaments of the legs, and tablets, and sweet balls, and earrings,