<p class="poetry">He deprives the trusted advisers<n id="1" /> of speech<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and takes away the discernment<n id="3" /> of elders.p>

<p class="poetry">The one who turns away his ear<n id="1" /> from hearing the law,p> <p class="poetry">even his prayer<n id="2" /> is an abomination.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">He deprives the leaders of the earth<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">of their understanding;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he makes them wanderp> <p class="poetry">in a trackless desert waste.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Look, the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">is about to remove from Jerusalem<n id="2" /> and Judahp> <p class="poetry">every source of security, including<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">all the food and water,<n id="4" />p>