He has stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.
You have made his glory cease, And cast his throne down to the ground.
The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
You have renounced the covenant of Your servant; You have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird— No birth, no pregnancy, and no conception!
But you shall be named the priests of the Lord, They shall call you the servants of our God. You shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, And in their glory you shall boast.
“But now they mock at me, men younger than I, Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.
He leads counselors away plundered, And makes fools of the judges.
He leads princes away plundered, And overthrows the mighty.
“I have sewn sackcloth over my skin, And laid my head in the dust.
For riches are not forever, Nor does a crown endure to all generations.
You have broken down all his hedges; You have brought his strongholds to ruin.