He brings the princes to nothing; He makes the judges of the earth meaningless.
He leads away priests stripped and overthrows the mighty.
He pours contempt upon princes and loosens the belt of the mighty.
He pours contempt upon princes, and causes them to wander in a pathless wilderness;
He will cut off the spirit of princes; He is feared by the kings of the earth.
The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
For the day of the Lord of Hosts shall be upon everything that is proud and lofty, and upon everything that is lifted up, and it shall be brought low;
The Lord of Hosts has purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory and to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
They shall call its nobles to the kingdom, but no one shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and prudent in their own sight!
I will cut off the ruler from its midst, and will slay all its princes with him, says the Lord.