4. The Lord will let the people be governed by immature boys.
5. Everyone will take advantage of everyone else. Young people will not respect their elders, and worthless people will not respect their superiors.
6. A time will come when the members of a clan will choose one of their number and say to him, “You at least have something to wear, so be our leader in this time of trouble.”
7. But he will answer, “Not me! I can't help you. I haven't any food or clothes either. Don't make me your leader!”
8. Yes, Jerusalem is doomed! Judah is collapsing! Everything they say and do is against the Lord; they openly insult God himself.
9. Their prejudices will be held against them. They sin as openly as the people of Sodom did. They are doomed, and they have brought it on themselves.
10. The righteous will be happy, and things will go well for them. They will be able to enjoy what they have worked for.
11. But evil people are doomed; what they have done to others will now be done to them.
12. Moneylenders oppress my people, and their creditors cheat them.My people, your leaders are misleading you, so that you do not know which way to turn.