1The Commander of the armies of angels is about to take away from Jerusalem and other places in Judea
2He will take away your heroes and your other soldiers,
3army officers and other officials,
4He will appoint boys to be your leaders;
5People will treat each other cruelly:
6At that time, someone will grab one of his brothers in his father’s house and say to him,
7But his brother will reply,
8Jerusalem and the other towns in Judah will be destroyed,
9They even show on their faces that they oppose Yahweh.
10Yahweh told me to tell the righteous people that good things will happen to them;
11But terrible things will happen to wicked people;
12Now, youths who have become leaders treat my people cruelly,
13It is as though Yahweh has sat in his place in a courtroom
14He will stand up to declare why the elders and rulers of his people should be punished:
15You should stop [RHQ] crushing my people!
16Yahweh says this:
17So I, Yahweh, will cause sores to be on their heads,
18At the time that Yahweh does that, he will strip away everything that the women of Jerusalem wear to make themselves beautiful—the ornaments on their ankles and their headbands, their crescent necklaces,
19their earrings and bracelets and veils,
20their scarves and ankle bracelets and sashes, their perfumes and ◄charms/little things that they wear thinking that those things will protect them from evil►,
21their signet rings and nose rings,
22their nice robes and capes and cloaks and purses,
23their mirrors and nice linen clothes and shawls.
24Instead of their having a nice smell from perfume, they will stink;
25Their husbands will be killed by their enemies’ swords,
26People [PRS] will mourn and cry at the gates of the city.