He hath stripped me of my glory, and hath taken the crown from my head.
The crown is fallen from our head. Woe to us, because we have sinned!
As for Ephraim, their glory hath flown away like a bird from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.
But you shall be called the priests of the Lord: to you it shall be said: Ye ministers of our God. You shall eat the riches of the Gentiles and you shall pride yourselves in their glory.
But now the younger in time scorn me, whose fathers I would not have set with the dogs of my flock.
He bringeth counsellors to a foolish end, and judges to insensibility.
He leadeth away priests without glory, and overthroweth nobles.
He hath torn me with wound upon wound: he hath rushed in upon me like a giant.
For thou shalt not always have power: but a crown shall be given to generation and generation.