Isaiah 3

1 For behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food and water,

2 the mighty man and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the soothsayer and the elder,

3 the commander of fifty and the dignitary, the counselor, the cunning magician, and the clever enchanter.

4 “I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.”

5 The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable.

6 A man will seize his brother within his father’s house: “You have a cloak—you be our leader! Take charge of this heap of rubble.”

7 On that day he will cry aloud: “I am not a healer. I have no food or clothing in my house. Do not make me leader of the people!”

8 For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen because they spoke and acted against the LORD, defying His glorious presence.

9 The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.

10 Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.

11 Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.

12 Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.

13 The LORD arises to contend; He stands to judge the people.

14 The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: “You have devoured the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.

15 Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

16 The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—

17 the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.”

18 In that day the Lord will take away their finery: their anklets and headbands and crescents;

19 their pendants, bracelets, and veils;

20 their headdresses, ankle chains, and sashes; their perfume bottles and charms;

21 their signet rings and nose rings;

22 their festive robes, capes, cloaks, and purses;

23 and their mirrors, linen garments, tiaras, and shawls.

24 Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of styled hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, shame.

25 Your men will fall by the sword, and your warriors in battle.

26 And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.

1 ¶ 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,

2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,

3 The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.

4 And I will give children [to be] their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.

6 When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, [saying], Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and [let] this ruin [be] under thy hand:

7 In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house [is] neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.

8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings [are] against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

9 ¶ The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide [it] not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

10 Say ye to the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him]: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

11 Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

12 [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 thy paths.

13 The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.

14 The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor [is] in your houses.

15 What mean ye [that] ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

16 ¶ Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing [as] they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:

17 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.

18 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of [their] tinkling ornaments [about their feet], and [their] cauls, and [their] round tires like the moon,

19 The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,

20 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,

21 The rings, and nose jewels,

22 The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins,

23 The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.

24 And it shall come to pass, [that] instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; [and] burning instead of beauty.

25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.

26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she [being] desolate shall sit upon the ground.

1 For, behold, the LORD of hosts shall take from Jerusalem and from Judah every store, all the store of bread, and all the store of water,

2 strong men and men of war, judges, prophets, soothsayers, and old men,

3 captains over fifty, and honest men, and counsellors, and wise workmen, and prudent orators.

4 And I will give them young men to be rulers, and children shall rule over them.

5 And the people shall drudge, one against another, and every man against his neighbour: and the younger shall be proud against the old, and a loose man against the upright.

6 Then shall one seize his brother out of his father's house: Thou hast clothes; be our prince, help thou this accident!

7 And he shall swear in that day, and say, I am no physician; there is neither bread nor raiment in mine house: set me not over the people.

8 For Jerusalem is fallen, and Judah is fallen, because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to resist the eyes of his majesty.

9 Their nature hath they no secret; they glory in their sin, as they did in Sodom, and hide it not. Woe to their soul! For thereby they bring all calamity upon themselves.

10 Preach of the righteous, that they do well: for they shall eat the fruit of their works.

11 But woe unto the wicked, because they are wicked: and it shall be recompensed unto them according to their deserts.

12 Children are drivers of my people, and wives rule over them. My people, your comforters deceive you and destroy the way you should go.

13 But the LORD standeth in judgment, and hath stood to judge the nations.

14 And the LORD cometh to judgment with the elders of his people, and with his princes. For ye have spoiled the vineyard, and the spoil of the poor is in your house.

15 Why do ye tread down my people, and break in pieces the persons of the wretched? saith the LORD of hosts.

16 And the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are proud, and walk with their necks lifted up, and their faces made up, and they walk, and they walk with their tails down, and they have fine shoes upon their feet,

17 Then shall the LORD make the crown of the daughters of Zion bald, and the LORD shall take away their jewels.

18 In that day shall the LORD take away the ornaments of the precious shoes, and the harness, and the clasps,

19 the chains, the bracelets, the bonnets,

20 the tinsel, the tresses, the laces, the muslins, the earrings,

21 The rings, the hair bands,

22 The ceremonial garments, the cloaks, the veils, the bags,

23 the mirrors, the collars, the braids, the smocks

24 And there shall be stench for a good smell, and a loose band for a girdle, and a bald head for a frizzy hair, and for a broad mantle a tight sackcloth; all these things instead of thy beauty.

25 Thy rabble shall fall by the sword, and thy warriors in battle.

26 And her gates shall mourn and lament, and she shall sit miserable upon the earth, Ch. 4, v. 1. That seven wives shall take hold of one man at that time, and say: We will feed and clothe ourselves; let us only be called by thy name, that our reproach may be taken from us.