⁴ And I will make youths their princes,
    and children shall rule over them.^(A)

⁵ The people will be oppressed,
    everyone by another
    and everyone by a neighbor;
the youth will be insolent to the elder
    and the base to the honorable.^(A)

¹² My people—their oppressors extort them,
    and creditors^[a] rule over them.
O my people, your leaders mislead you
    and confuse the course of your paths.^(A)