3Now the Lord, the Almighty Lord, is about to take away from Jerusalem and Judah everything and everyone that the people depend on. He is going to take away their food and their water, ²their heroes and their soldiers, their judges and their prophets, their fortune tellers and their statesmen, ³their military and civilian leaders, their politicians and everyone who uses magic to control events.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

For behold, the Lord God of hosts

is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah

support and supply,

all support of bread,

and all support of water;

the mighty man and the soldier,

the judge and the prophet,

the diviner and the elder,

the captain of fifty

and the man of rank,

the counselor and the skillful magician

and the expert in charms.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

See now, the Lord,

the Lord Almighty,

is about to take from Jerusalem and Judah

both supply and support:

all supplies of food and all supplies of water,

the hero and the warrior,

the judge and the prophet,

the diviner and the elder,

the captain of fifty and the man of rank,

the counselor, skilled craftsman and clever enchanter.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Note this: The Lord God of Armies

is about to remove from Jerusalem and from Judah

every kind of security:

the entire supply of bread and water,

heroes and warriors,

judges and prophets,

fortune-tellers and elders,

commanders of fifty and dignitaries,

counselors, cunning magicians, and necromancers.

NLTNew Living Translation

The Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,

will take away from Jerusalem and Judah

everything they depend on:

every bit of bread

and every drop of water,

all their heroes and soldiers,

judges and prophets,

fortune-tellers and elders,

army officers and high officials,

advisers, skilled sorcerers, and astrologers.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For look, the Lord Yahweh of hosts is removing every source of support

from Jerusalem and from Judah:

all of the supplies of bread

and all of the supplies of water,

mighty warrior and man of war,

judge and prophet,

and diviner and elder,

captain of fifty and the honorable men of rank,

and counselor and skillful magicians and skillful enchanter.

KJV 1900King James Version

For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts,

Doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff,

The whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,

The mighty man, and the man of war,

The judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,

The captain of fifty, and the honourable man,

And the counseller, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.

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