"The LORDwill strikeyou on the kneesand legswith soreboils,from whichyou cannotbe healed,from the soleof your footto the crownof your head.
Now in allIsraelwas nooneas handsomeas Absalom,so highlypraised;from the soleof his footto the crownof his headthere was nodefectin him.
From the soleof the footeven to the headThereis nothingsoundin it, [Only] bruises,weltsand rawwounds,Not pressedout or bandaged,Norsoftenedwith oil.
Therefore the Lordwill afflictthe scalpof the daughtersof Zionwith scabs,And the LORDwill maketheir foreheadsbare."
Now it will comeabout that insteadof sweetperfumethere will be putrefaction;Insteadof a belt,a rope;Insteadof well-sethair,a plucked-outscalp;Insteadof fineclothes,a donningof sackcloth;And brandinginsteadof beauty.
"The LORDwill smiteyou with the boilsof Egyptand with tumorsand with the scaband with the itch,from whichyou cannotbe healed.
"You shall be drivenmadby the sightof whatyou see.
Sothe first[angel] wentand pouredout his bowlon the earth;and it becamea loathsomeand malignantsoreon the peoplewho hadthe markof the beastand who worshipedhis image.
