"He has strippedmy honorfrom me And removedthe crownfrom my head.
"He makes counselorswalkbarefootAnd makesfoolsof judges.
"He makes priestswalkbarefootAnd overthrowsthe secureones.
"I have sewedsackclothovermy skinAnd thrustmy hornin the dust.
"But nowthoseyoungerthanI mockme, WhosefathersI disdainedto putwith the dogsof my flock.
You have spurnedthe covenantof Your servant;You have profanedhis crownin the dust.
You have brokendownallhis walls;You have broughthis strongholdsto ruin.
You have made his splendorto ceaseAnd casthis throneto the ground.
For richesare not forever,Nordoes a crown[endure] to allgenerations.
But you will be calledthe priestsof the LORD;You will be spokenof [as] ministersof our God.You will eatthe wealthof nations,And in their richesyou will boast.
The crownhas fallenfrom our head;Woeto us, for we have sinned!
As for Ephraim,their glorywill flyawaylike a bird--Nobirth,nopregnancyand noconception!
