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And I will make boys their princes,
    and babes shall rule over them.
And the people will oppress one another,
    every man his fellow
    and every man his neighbor;
the youth will be insolent to the elder,
    and the base fellow to the honorable.

When a man takes hold of his brother
    in the house of his father, saying:
“You have a mantle;
    you shall be our leader,
and this heap of ruins
    shall be under your rule”;

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“I will make mere youths their officials;
    children will rule over them.”(A)

People will oppress each other—
    man against man, neighbor against neighbor.(B)
The young will rise up against the old,
    the nobody against the honored.

A man will seize one of his brothers
    in his father’s house, and say,
“You have a cloak, you be our leader;
    take charge of this heap of ruins!”

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