Isaiah 3
1 For behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, will take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,
For behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, Taketh away from Jerusalem and from Judah every stay and support; 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 diviner and the elder,
The mighty man, and the warrior, The judge, the prophet, the diviner, and the sage,
3 the captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the clever among artificers, and the one versed in enchantments.
The captain of fifty, and the honorable man, The counsellor, the expert in arts, and the skilful in charms.
4 And I will appoint youths as their princes, and children shall rule over them.
And I will make boys their princes, And children shall rule over them.
5 And the people shall be oppressed one by the other, and each by his neighbour; the child will be insolent against the elder, and the base against the honourable.
And the people shall oppress one another, Man striving against man, and neighbor against neighbor; The boy shall behave himself insolently toward the aged, And the base toward the honorable.
6 When a man shall take hold of his brother, in his father's house, [and shall say: ] Thou hast clothing; be our chief, and let this ruin be under thy hand;
Then shall a man take hold of his brother in his father's house, [[and say, ]] Thou hast yet clothing, Be thou our ruler, And take this ruin into thy hands!
7 he will lift up [his hand] in that day, saying, I cannot be a healer, and in my house there is neither bread nor clothing; ye shall not make me a chief of the people.
But in that day shall he lift up his hand, and say: I am no healer; In my house is neither bread nor raiment; Make not me ruler of the people!
8 For Jerusalem stumbleth and Judah falleth, because their tongue and their doings are against Jehovah, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
For Jerusalem tottereth, and Judah falleth, Because their tongues and their deeds are against Jehovah, To provoke his holy eyes.
9 The look of their face doth witness against them, and they declare their sin as Sodom: they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have brought evil upon themselves.
Their very countenance witnesseth against them; They publish their sin like Sodom; they hide it not; Woe to them, for they bring evil upon themselves!
10 Say ye of the righteous that it shall be well [with him], for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
Say ye of the righteous that it shall be well with him, For he shall eat the fruit of his doings.
11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill [with him], because the desert of his hands shall be rendered unto him.
Woe to the wicked, it shall be ill with him, For the work of his hands shall be repaid him!
12 [As for] my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people! they that guide thee mislead [thee], and destroy the way of thy paths.
As for my people, children are their oppressors, And women rule over them. O my people, thy leaders cause thee to err, And destroy the way in which thou walkest!
13 Jehovah setteth himself to plead, and standeth to judge the peoples.
Jehovah standeth up to maintain his cause; He standeth up to judge his people.
14 Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people and their princes, [saying: ] It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard: the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
Jehovah entereth into judgment with the elders of his people, and their princes: “So then ye have consumed the vineyard; The plunder of the poor is in your houses!
15 What mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the faces of the afflicted? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
What mean ye, that ye crush my people, And grind the faces of the poor?” Saith Jehovah, the Lord of hosts.
16 And Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched-out neck and wanton eyes, and go along mincing, and making a tinkling with their feet;
Thus, also, saith Jehovah: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, And walk with outstretched necks, And glance their eyes wantonly, Mincing their steps as they go, And tinkling with their foot-clasps,
17 therefore the Lord will make bald the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will lay bare their secret parts.
Therefore will the Lord make their heads bald, And Jehovah will expose their nakedness.
18 In that day the Lord will take away the ornament of anklets, and the little suns and crescents,
In that day shall the Lord take from them The ornaments of the foot-clasps, and the net-works, and the crescents;
19 the pearl-drops, and the bracelets, and the veils,
The ear-rings, and the bracelets, and the veils;
20 the head-dresses, and the stepping chains, and the girdles, and the scent-boxes, and the amulets;
The turbans, and the ankle-chains, and the belts; The perfume-boxes, and the amulets;
21 the finger-rings, and the nose-rings;
The finger-rings, and the nose-jewels;
22 the festival-robes, and the tunics, and the mantles, and the wallets;
The embroidered robes, and the tunics, and the cloaks, and the purses;
23 the mirrors, and the fine linen bodices, and the turbans, and the flowing veils.
The mirrors, and the linen shifts, and the head-bands, and the large veils.
24 And it shall come to pass, instead of perfume there shall be rottenness; and instead of a girdle, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a robe of display, a girding of sackcloth; brand instead of beauty.
And instead of perfume there shall be corruption; Instead of a belt, a rope; Instead of curled locks, baldness; Instead of a wide mantle, a covering of sackcloth; Fire-scars instead of beauty.
25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the fight;
Thy men shall fall by the sword, Yea, thy mighty men in battle;
26 and her gates shall lament and mourn; and, stripped, she shall sit upon the ground.
Her gates shall lament and mourn, And she, being desolate, shall sit upon the ground.
