Isaiah 3
1 For lo, the Lord God of hostes will take away from Ierusalem and from Iudah the stay and the strength: euen all the staye of bread, and all the 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 strong man, and the man of warre, the iudge and the prophet, the prudent and the aged,
The mighty man, and the warrior, The judge, the prophet, the diviner, and the sage,
3 The captaine of fiftie, and the honourable, and the counseller, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent man.
The captain of fifty, and the honorable man, The counsellor, the expert in arts, and the skilful in charms.
4 And I will appoint children to bee their princes, and babes shall rule ouer them.
And I will make boys their princes, And children shall rule over them.
5 The people shalbe oppressed one of another, and euery one by his neighbour: the children shall presume against the ancient, and the vile 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 euery one shall take holde of his brother of the house of his father, and say, Thou hast clothing: thou shalt bee our prince, and let this fall be vnder thine 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 In that day hee shall sweare, saying, I cannot bee an helper: for there is no bread in mine house, nor clothing: therefore make me no prince 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 Doubtlesse Ierusalem is fallen, and Iudah is fallen downe, because their tongue and workes are against the Lord, to prouoke 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 triall of their countenance testifieth against them, yea, they declare their sinnes as Sodom, they hide them not. Wo be vnto their soules: for they haue rewarded euil vnto themselues.
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, Surely it shalbe well with the iust: for they shall eate the fruite of their workes.
Say ye of the righteous that it shall be well with him, For he shall eat the fruit of his doings.
11 Woe be to the wicked, it shalbe euill with him: for the reward of his handes shalbe giuen him.
Woe to the wicked, it shall be ill with him, For the work of his hands shall be repaid him!
12 Children are extortioners of my people, and women haue rule ouer them: O my people, they that leade thee, cause thee to erre, 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 The Lord standeth vp to pleade, yea, hee standeth to iudge the people.
Jehovah standeth up to maintain his cause; He standeth up to judge his people.
14 The Lord shall enter into iudgement with the Ancients of his people and the princes thereof: for ye haue eaten vp the vineyarde: the spoyle of the poore 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 haue ye to do, that ye beate my people to pieces, and grinde the faces of the poore, saith the Lord, euen the Lord of hoasts?
What mean ye, that ye crush my people, And grind the faces of the poor?” Saith Jehovah, the Lord of hosts.
16 The Lord also saith, Because the daughters of Zion are hautie, and walke with stretched out neckes, and with wandering eyes, walking and minsing as they goe, and making a tinkeling with their feete,
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 shall the Lord make the heades of the daughters of Zion balde, and the Lord shall discouer their secrete partes.
Therefore will the Lord make their heads bald, And Jehovah will expose their nakedness.
18 In that day shall the Lord take away the ornament of the slippers, and the calles, and the round tyres,
In that day shall the Lord take from them The ornaments of the foot-clasps, and the net-works, and the crescents;
19 The sweete balles, and the brasselets, and the bonnets,
The ear-rings, and the bracelets, and the veils;
20 The tyres of the head, and the sloppes, and the head bandes, and the tablets, and the earings,
The turbans, and the ankle-chains, and the belts; The perfume-boxes, and the amulets;
21 The rings and the mufflers,
The finger-rings, and the nose-jewels;
22 The costly apparell and the vailes, and the wimples, and the crisping pinnes,
The embroidered robes, and the tunics, and the cloaks, and the purses;
23 And the glasses and the fine linen, and the hoodes, and the launes.
The mirrors, and the linen shifts, and the head-bands, and the large veils.
24 And in steade of sweete sauour, there shall be stinke, and in steade of a girdle, a rent, and in steade of dressing of the heare, baldnesse, and in steade of a stomacher, a girding of sackecloth, and burning in steade of beautie.
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 sworde, and thy strength in the battell.
Thy men shall fall by the sword, Yea, thy mighty men in battle;
26 Then shall her gates mourne and lament, and she, being desolate, shall sit vpon the ground.
Her gates shall lament and mourn, And she, being desolate, shall sit upon the ground.
