3:4 The Lord says, 1 “I will make youths their officials;
malicious young men 2 will rule over them.
3:5 The people will treat each other harshly;
men will oppose each other;
neighbors will fight. 3
Youths will proudly defy the elderly
and riffraff will challenge those who were once respected. 4
3:6 Indeed, a man will grab his brother
right in his father’s house 5 and say, 6
‘You own a coat –
you be our leader!
This heap of ruins will be under your control.’ 7
3:7 At that time 8 the brother will shout, 9
‘I am no doctor, 10
I have no food or coat in my house;
don’t make me a leader of the people!’”