Isaiah 3

1 For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, every stay of bread, and every stay of water;

For lo! the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, removing from Jerusalem and from Judah, The stay and 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 diviner, and the elder;

Man of might and man of war, —Judge and prophet And diviner and elder;

3 The captain of fifty, and the man of rank, and the counsellor, and the cunning charmer, and the skilful enchanter.

Captain of fifty, and favourite; And counsellor and skilled artificer, And master of magical formulas;

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

And I will appoint boys to be their princes, —And, petulant children, shall rule over them,

5 And the people shall oppress one another, every man his fellow, and every man his neighbour; the child shall behave insolently against the aged, and the base against the honourable,

And the people will, tyrannise, Every man over his fellow-man, And every man over his friend, —And they will rage The boy against, the elder, And the despised, against, the honourable,

6 For a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father: 'Thou hast a mantle, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand.'

When a man shall lay hold, on his brother of the house of his father, [saying] —Clothing, hast thou, Become thou our, ruler, This downfall, be under thy hand,

7 In that day shall he swear, saying: 'I will not be a healer; for in my house is neither bread nor a mantle; ye shall not make me ruler of a people.'

He will swear, in that day, saying—I will take no control, When in mine own house, is neither food nor clothing, —Ye must not set me for a ruler of 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 stumbled hath Jerusalem, and, Judah, hath fallen, —Because, their tongue and their doings, are against Yahweh, Provoking his glorious presence,

9 The show 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 wrought evil unto themselves.

The show of their face, hath answered against them, And their sin—like Sodom, have they told, they have not concealed it. Alas for their souls! For they have requited to themselves, calamity.

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

Say ye to the righteous It is well! For the fruit of their doings, shall they eat:

11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him; for the work of his hands shall be done to him.

Alas! for the lawless, it is ill, For what his own hand hath matured, shall be done to him.

12 As for My people, a babe is their master, and women rule over them. O My people, they that lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.

My people! children, are their tyrants, And, women, rule over them, —My people! they who should lead thee forward, are causing thee to stray, Thy pathways, have they destroyed,

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

Yahweh hath taken his station to plead, —And is standing to judge peoples:

14 The LORD will enter into judgment with the elders of His people, and the princes thereof: 'It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses;

Yahweh, into judgment, will enter, With the elders of his people And their princes, —But ye, have consumed the vineyard, That which hath been robbed from the oppressed, is in your houses.

15 What mean ye that ye crush My people, and grind the face of the poor?' saith the Lord, the GOD of hosts.

What right have ye to crush my people, And the faces of the oppressed, to grind? Demandeth My Lord Yahweh of hosts—And Yahweh saith—

16 Moreover the LORD said: 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;

Because haughty are the daughters of Zion, And they walk with neck thrown back, and wanton eyes, —Tripping along as they go, And with their feet, making, a tinkling sound,

17 Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will lay bare their secret parts.

Therefore will My Lord, smite with leprosy the crown of hair of the daughters of Zion, —And, as for Yahweh, their shame, will he lay bare!

18 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their anklets, and the fillets, and the crescents;

In that day, will My Lord remove the finery—of the anklets, and the little suns and the little moons;

19 the pendants, and the bracelets, and the veils;

the pendants and the bracelets and the veils;

20 the headtires, and the armlets, and the sashes, and the corselets, and the amulets;

the chaplets and the armlets and the girdles, and the scent-cases, and the amulets;

21 the rings, and the nose-jewels;

the rings and the nose-jewels;

22 the aprons, and the mantelets, and the cloaks, and the girdles;

the robes, and the over-tunics, and the cloaks and the purses;

23 and the gauze robes, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the mantles.

and the mirrors and the linen wraps, and the tiaras and the cloaks.

24 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet spices there shall be rottenness; and instead of a girdle rags; and instead of curled hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; branding instead of beauty.

And it shall come to pass—That instead of fragrance, a putrid odour, shall be, And instead of a girdle, an encircling rope, And instead of braided hair, baldness, And instead of a festal robe, a girding of sackcloth, Branding instead of beauty:

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

Thy males, by the sword shall fall, —And, thy mighty men, by the war;

26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and utterly bereft she shall sit upon the ground.

And her gates shall mourn and lament, —And forsaken, on the ground, shall she sit.