11. But how terrible it will be for wicked people!They will be punished for all the wrong they have done.
12. Children treat my people cruelly.Women rule over them.My people, your guides lead you in the wrong way.They turn you away from what is right.
13. The Lord takes his place in court.He stands to judge the people.
14. The Lord presents his caseagainst the elders and other leaders of his people.He says, “You have burned my vineyard.Your houses are full of what you took from the poor.
15. What gives you the right to crush my people?How can you grind the faces of the poor into the dirt?”The Master, the Lord of heaven’s armies, said this.
16. The Lord says,“The women of Jerusalem are proud.They walk around with their heads held high.They flirt with their eyes.They take quick, short steps,making noise with their ankle bracelets.”
17. So the Lord will put sores on the heads of those women in Jerusalem.He will make them lose all their hair.
18. At that time the Lord will take away everything that makes them proud. He will take away their beautiful ankle bracelets, their headbands and their necklaces shaped like the moon.
19. He will take away their earrings, bracelets and veils.
20. He will take away their scarves, ankle chains, the cloth belts worn around their waists, their bottles of perfume and charms.
21. He will take away their signet rings, nose rings,