And the young H3206 men that were grown H1431 up with him spoke H1696 to him, saying, H559 Thus H3541 shall you speak H559 to this H2088 people H5971 that spoke H1696 to you, saying, H559 Your father H1 made our yoke H5923 heavy, H3513 but make you it lighter H7043 to us; thus H3541 shall you say H1696 to them, My little H6996 finger shall be thicker H5666 than my father's H1 loins. H4975

And spoke H1696 to them after the counsel H6098 of the young H3206 men, saying, H559 My father H1 made your yoke H5923 heavy, H3513 and I will add H3254 to your yoke: H5923 my father H1 also chastised H3256 you with whips, H7752 but I will chastise H3256 you with scorpions. H6137

But the former H7223 governors H6346 that had been before H6440 me were chargeable H3513 to the people, H5971 and had taken H3947 of them bread H3899 and wine, H3196 beside H310 forty H705 shekels H8255 of silver; H3701 yes, H1571 even their servants H5288 bore H7980 rule H7980 over H5921 the people: H5971 but so H3651 did H6213 not I, because H6440 of the fear H3374 of God. H430

So I returned, H7725 and considered H7200 all H3605 the oppressions H6217 that are done H6213 under H8478 the sun: H8121 and behold H2009 the tears H1832 of such as were oppressed, H6231 and they had no H369 comforter; H5162 and on the side H3027 of their oppressors H6231 there was power; H3581 but they had no H369 comforter.

As for my people, H5971 children H5768 are their oppressors, H5065 and women H802 rule H4910 over them. O my people, H5971 they which lead H833 you cause you to err, H8582 and destroy H1104 the way H1870 of your paths. H734

Hear H8085 this H2088 word, H1697 you cows H6510 of Bashan, H1316 that are in the mountain H2022 of Samaria, H8111 which oppress H6231 the poor, H1800 which crush H7533 the needy, H34 which say H559 to their masters, H113 Bring, H935 and let us drink. H8354

Moreover you shall provide H2372 out of all H3605 the people H5971 able H2428 men, H582 such as fear H3373 God, H430 men H582 of truth, H571 hating H8130 covetousness; H1215 and place H7760 such over H5921 them, to be rulers H8269 of thousands, H505 and rulers H8269 of hundreds, H3967 rulers H8269 of fifties, H2572 and rulers H8269 of tens: H6235

He that walks H1980 righteously, H6666 and speaks H1696 uprightly; H4339 he that despises H3988 the gain H1214 of oppressions, H4642 that shakes H5287 his hands H3709 from holding H8551 of bribes, H7810 that stops H331 his ears H241 from hearing H8085 of blood, H1818 and shuts H6105 his eyes H5869 from seeing H7200 evil; H7451

He shall dwell H7931 on high: H4791 his place of defense H4869 shall be the munitions H4679 of rocks: H5553 bread H3899 shall be given H5414 him; his waters H4325 shall be sure. H539

Shall you reign, H4427 because H3588 you close H8474 yourself in cedar? H730 did not your father H1 eat H398 and drink, H8354 and do H6213 judgment H4941 and justice, H6666 and then H227 it was well H2896 with him?

But your eyes H5869 and your heart H3820 are not but for your covetousness, H1215 and for to shed H8210 innocent H5355 blood, H1818 and for oppression, H6233 and for violence, H4835 to do H6213 it.