He hath stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.
Thou hast made his brightness to cease, And cast his throne down to the ground.
The crown is fallen from our head: Woe unto us! for we have sinned.
Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant: Thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird: there shall be no birth, and none with child, and no conception.
But ye shall be named the priests of Jehovah; men shall call you the ministers of our God: ye shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, Whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
He leadeth counsellors away stripped, And judges maketh he fools.
He leadeth priests away stripped, And overthroweth the mighty.
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And have laid my horn in the dust.
For riches are not for ever; And doth the crown endure unto all generations?
Thou hast broken down all his hedges; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.