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2 Nephi 13
Judah and Jerusalem will be punished for their disobedience—The Lord pleads for and judges His people—The daughters of Zion are cursed and tormented for their worldliness—Compare Isaiah 3. About 559–545 B.C.
a
For
behold,
the
Lord,
the
Lord
of
Hosts,
doth
take
away
from
Jerusalem,
and
from
Judah,
the
stay
and
the
staff,
the
whole
staff
of
bread,
and
the
whole
stay
of
water—
2 The
a
mighty
man,
and
the
man
of
b
war,
the
judge,
and
the
prophet,
and
the
c
prudent,
and
the
ancient;
3 The
captain
of
fifty,
and
the
honorable
man,
and
the
counselor,
and
the
cunning
artificer,
and
the
eloquent
orator.
4 And
I
will
give
children
unto
them
to
be
their
princes,
and
babes
shall
rule
over
them.
5 And
the
people
shall
be
a
oppressed,
every
one
by
another,
and
every
one
by
his
neighbor;
the
child
shall
behave
himself
b
proudly
against
the
ancient,
and
the
base
against
the
honorable.
6 When
a
man
shall
take
hold
of
his
brother
of
the
house
of
his
father,
and
shall
say:
Thou
hast
clothing,
be
thou
our
ruler,
and
let
not
this
a
ruin
come
under
thy
hand—
7 In
that
day
shall
he
swear,
saying:
I
will
not
be
a
healer;
for
in
my
house
there
is
neither
bread
nor
clothing;
make
me
not
a
ruler
of
the
people.
8 For
Jerusalem
is
a
ruined,
and
Judah
is
b
fallen,
because
their
c
tongues
and
their
doings
have
been
against
the
Lord,
to
d
provoke
the
eyes
of
his
glory.
9 The
show
of
their
countenance
doth
witness
against
them,
and
doth
declare
their
a
sin
to
be
even
as
b
Sodom,
and
they
cannot
hide
it.
Wo
unto
their
souls,
for
they
have
rewarded
evil
unto
themselves!
10 Say
unto
the
righteous
that
it
is
a
well
with
them;
for
they
shall
b
eat
the
fruit
of
their
doings.
11 Wo
unto
the
wicked,
for
they
shall
perish;
for
the
reward
of
their
hands
shall
be
upon
them!
12 And
my
people,
children
are
their
oppressors,
and
women
rule
over
them.
O
my
people,
they
who
a
lead
thee
cause
thee
to
err
and
destroy
the
way
of
thy
paths.
13 The
Lord
standeth
up
to
a
plead,
and
standeth
to
judge
the
people.
14 The
Lord
will
enter
into
a
judgment
with
the
ancients
of
his
people
and
the
princes
thereof;
for
ye
have
eaten
up
the
b
vineyard
and
the
spoil
of
the
c
poor
in
your
houses.
15 What
mean
ye?
Ye
a
beat
my
people
to
pieces,
and
grind
the
faces
of
the
poor,
saith
the
Lord
God
of
Hosts.
16 Moreover,
the
Lord
saith:
Because
the
daughters
of
Zion
are
a
haughty,
and
b
walk
with
stretched-forth
necks
and
wanton
eyes,
walking
and
mincing
as
they
go,
and
making
a
tinkling
with
their
feet—
17 Therefore
the
Lord
will
smite
with
a
a
scab
the
crown
of
the
head
of
the
daughters
of
Zion,
and
the
Lord
will
b
discover
their
secret
parts.
18 In
that
a
day
the
Lord
will
take
away
the
bravery
of
their
tinkling
ornaments,
and
cauls,
and
round
tires
like
the
moon;
19 The
chains
and
the
bracelets,
and
the
mufflers;
20 The
bonnets,
and
the
ornaments
of
the
legs,
and
the
headbands,
and
the
tablets,
and
the
ear-rings;
21 The
rings,
and
nose
jewels;
22 The
changeable
suits
of
apparel,
and
the
mantles,
and
the
wimples,
and
the
crisping-pins;
23 The
glasses,
and
the
fine
linen,
and
hoods,
and
the
veils.
24 And
it
shall
come
to
pass,
instead
of
sweet
smell
there
shall
be
stink;
and
instead
of
a
girdle,
a
rent;
and
instead
of
well
set
hair,
a
baldness;
and
instead
of
a
stomacher,
a
girding
of
sackcloth;
b
burning
instead
of
c
beauty.
25 Thy
men
shall
fall
by
the
sword
and
thy
mighty
in
the
war.
26 And
her
a
gates
shall
lament
and
b
mourn;
and
she
shall
be
desolate,
and
shall
c
sit
upon
the
ground.
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