3. army officers and high officials,advisers, skilled sorcerers, and astrologers.
4. I will make boys their leaders,and toddlers their rulers.
5. People will oppress each other—man against man,neighbor against neighbor.Young people will insult their elders,and vulgar people will sneer at the honorable.
6. In those days a man will say to his brother,“Since you have a coat, you be our leader!Take charge of this heap of ruins!”
7. But he will reply,“No! I can’t help.I don’t have any extra food or clothes.Don’t put me in charge!”
8. For Jerusalem will stumble,and Judah will fall,because they speak out against the lord and refuse to obey him.They provoke him to his face.