Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart. And as the outward state, so the majesty of his person, is above all comparison. Come forth, O ye daughters of Zion, lay aside all private and earthly affections, look upon King Solomon, as he sits solemnly crowned in the day of his greatest royalty and triumph; and compare his highest pomp, with the divine magnificence of my Saviour, in that day when his blessed marriage shall be fully perfected above, to the eternal rejoicing of himself and his Church, and see whether there be any proportion betwixt them. CHRIST. As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of the paths. As for my people, they have brought themselves to that pass, as that even very children trample upon them by proud oppressions, and they lie down willingly under them; and every effeminate usurper domineereth over them at pleasure; and which is worse, those spiritual guides, which should lead them in the way of life, mislead them unto utter perdition. What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord God of hosts. What mean ye, O ye governors, which should be the only refuge and protection of my people, to offer this cruel violence unto them? How dare ye thus unmercifully oppress the poor? Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks: Neither only are the men thus vicious, but the women also are given over to a proud new-fangleness; even the dames of Jerusalem go in a haughty fashion, &c. Therefore the LORD will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts. As all the parts of their body are tainted with their disguise, so the Lord will, in his justice, punish them in all parts, from the crown of the head to the sole of their feet; and will lay open this their loathsome and deformed nakedness, to the eyes of the world.