their respected military leaders, pillars of the community, their counselors, skilled craftsmen, and those professional charmers.
Then Gideon asked the kings, Zebah and Zalmunna, “What can you tell me about the men you killed at Tabor?” They answered, “They looked just like you. Every one of them looked like the son of a king.”
He will remove their heroes and soldiers, prophets and judges, their psychics and statesmen,
I will make inexperienced youth their rulers, and children will govern them.
Therefore, my people go into exile for lack of understanding. Their leaders are starving, their multitudes parched with thirst.
The elders and dignitaries are the head, and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail.