15 The head is the elder, the honored one;o

the tail is the prophet, the one teaching lies.p

16 The leaders of the people mislead them,

and those they mislead are swallowed up.A

17 Therefore the Lord does not rejoice

overB Israel’s young men

and has no compassion

on its fatherless and widows,

for everyone is a godless evildoer,q

and every mouth speaks folly.

In all this, his anger has not turned away,

and his hand is still raised to strike.