Isaiah 3

1 For, behold, the Lord, GOD of Armies, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support, the whole supply of bread, and the whole supply of water;

Behold now, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, will take away from Jerusalem and from Judea the mighty man and mighty woman, the strength of bread, and the strength of water,

2 the mighty man, the man of war, the judge, the prophet, the diviner, the elder,

the great and mighty man, the warrior and the judge, and the prophet, and the counsellor, and the elder,

3 the captain of fifty, the honorable man, the counselor, the skilled craftsman, and the clever enchanter.

the captain of fifty also, and the honourable counsellor, and the wise artificer, and the intelligent hearer.

4 I will give boys to be their princes, and children shall rule over them.

And I will make youths their princes, and mockers shall have dominion over them.

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 wicked against the honorable.

And the people shall fall, man upon man, and [every] man upon his neighbor: the child shall insult the elder man, and the base the honourable.

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.”

For a man shall lay hold of his brother, as one of his father's household, saying, Thou hast raiment, be thou our ruler, and let my meat be under thee.

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.”

And he shall answer in that day, and say, I will not be thy ruler; for I have no bread in my house, nor raiment: I will not be the ruler of this 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.

For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judea has fallen, and their tongues [have spoken] with iniquity, disobedient [as they are] towards the Lord.

9 The look of their faces testify against them. They parade their sin like Sodom. They do not hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought disaster upon themselves.

Wherefore now their glory has been brought low, and the shame of their countenance has withstood them, and they have proclaimed their sin as Sodom, and made it manifest.

10 Tell the righteous that it will be well with them, for they will eat the fruit of their deeds.

Woe to their soul, for they have devised an evil counsel against themselves, saying against themselves, Let us bind the just, for he is burdensome to us: therefore shall they eat the fruits of their works.

11 Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them, for the deeds of their hands will be paid back to them.

Woe to the transgressor! evils shall happen to him according to the works of his hands.

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.

O my people, your exactors strip you, and extortioners rule over you: O my people, they that pronounce you blesses lead you astray, and pervert the path of your feet.

13 The LORD stands up to contend, and stands to judge the peoples.

But now the Lord will stand up for judgment, and will enter into judgment with his people.

14 The LORD will enter into judgment with the elders of his people and their leaders: “It is you who have eaten up the vineyard. The plunder of the poor is in your houses.

The Lord himself shall enter into judgment with the elders of the people, and with their rulers: but why have ye set my vineyard on fire, and [why is] the spoil of the poor in your houses?

15 What do you mean that you crush my people, and grind the face of the poor?” says the Lord, GOD of Armies.

Why do ye wrong my people, and shame the face of the poor?

16 Moreover the LORD said, “Because the daughters of Zion are arrogant, and walk with outstretched necks and flirting eyes, walking daintily as they go, jingling ornaments on their feet;

Thus saith the Lord, Because the daughters of Sion are haughty, and have walked with an outstretched neck, and with winking of the eyes, and motion of the feet, at the same time drawing their garments in trains, and at the same time sporting with their feet:

17 therefore the Lord brings sores on the crown of the head of the women of Zion, and the LORD will make their scalps bald.”

therefore the Lord will humble the chief daughters of Sion, and the Lord will expose their form in that day;

18 In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, the headbands, the crescent necklaces,

and the Lord will take away the glory of their raiment, the curls and the fringes, and the crescents,

19 the earrings, the bracelets, the veils,

and the chains, and the ornaments of their faces,

20 the headdresses, the ankle chains, the sashes, the perfume containers, the charms,

and the array of glorious ornaments, and the armlets, and the bracelets, and the wreathed work, and the finger-rings, and the ornaments for the right hand,

21 the signet rings, the nose rings,

and the ear-rings, and the garments with scarlet borders, and the garments with purple grounds, and the shawls to be worn in the house, and the Spartan transparent dresses, and those made of fine linen, and the purple [ones], and the scarlet [ones], and the fine linen, interwoven with gold and purple, and the light coverings for couches.

22 the fine robes, the capes, the cloaks, the purses,

And there shall be instead of a sweet smell, dust; and instead of a girdle, thou shalt gird thyself with a rope; and instead of a golden ornament for the head, thou shalt have baldness on account of thy works; and instead of a tunic with a scarlet ground, thou shalt gird thyself with sackcloth.

23 the hand mirrors, the fine linen garments, the tiaras, and the shawls.

And thy most beautiful son whom thou lovest shall fall by the sword; and your mighty men shall fall by the sword, and shall be brought low.

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.

And the stores of your ornaments shall mourn, and thou shalt be left alone, and shalt be levelled with the ground.

25 Your men shall fall by the sword, and your mighty in the war.

26 Her gates shall lament and mourn. She shall be desolate and sit on the ground.