Isaiah Chapter 3 Back Next{3:1} For, behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, takes away from
Jerusalem and from
Judah supply and support, the whole supply of
bread, and the whole supply of water;
{3:2} the mighty man, the man of war, the
judge, the prophet, the diviner, the
elder,
{3:3} the
captain of fifty, the honorable man, the
counselor, the skilled craftsman, and the clever enchanter.
{3:4} I will give boys to be their princes, and children shall rule over them.
{3:5} The people will be oppressed, everyone by another, and everyone by his neighbor. The child will behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.
{3:6} Indeed a man shall take hold of his
brother in the house of his
father, saying, "You have clothing, you be our ruler, and let this ruin be under your hand."
{3:7} In that day he will cry out, saying, "I will not be a healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing. You shall not make me ruler of the people."
{3:8} For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen; because their tongue and their doings are against Yahweh, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
{3:9} The look of their faces testify against them. They parade their sin like Sodom. They don't hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought disaster upon themselves.
{3:10} Tell the righteous "Good!" For they shall eat the
fruit of their deeds.
{3:11} Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.
{3:12} As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people, those who lead you cause you to err, and destroy the way of your paths.
{3:13} Yahweh stands up to contend, and stands to judge the peoples.
{3:14} Yahweh will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and their leaders: "It is you who have eaten up the vineyard. The spoil of the poor is in your houses.
{3:15} What do you mean that you crush my people, and
grind the face of the poor?" says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.
{3:16} Moreover Yahweh said, "Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and flirting eyes, walking to trip as they go, jingling ornaments on their feet;
{3:17} therefore the Lord brings sores on the
crown of the head of the women of Zion, and Yahweh will make their scalps bald."
{3:18} In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, the
headbands, the crescent necklaces,
{3:19} the
earrings, the
bracelets, the veils,
{3:20} the
headdresses, the ankle
chains, the sashes, the perfume
bottles, the charms,
{3:21} the signet rings, the nose rings,
{3:22} the fine robes, the capes, the
cloaks, the purses,
{3:23} the hand mirrors, the fine
linen garments, the tiaras, and the shawls.
{3:24} It shall happen that instead of sweet spices, there shall be rottenness; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of well set
hair,
baldness; instead of a robe, a wearing of sackcloth; and branding instead of beauty.
{3:25} Your men shall fall by the sword, and your mighty in the war.
{3:26} Her
gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate and sit on the ground.
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