Isaiah 3

1 For, behold, the Lord, the Eternal of hosts, doth remove from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, every stay of bread, and every stay of water.

For behold, the Lord, YHWH of Hosts, Is turning aside from Jerusalem and from Judah [Both] stay and staff: Every stay of bread and every stay of water;

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

Mighty and man of war, judge and prophet, And diviner and elderly,

3 The captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counsellor, and the skilful artificer, and the eloquent orator.

Head of fifty, and accepted of faces, And counselor, and wise craftsmen, And discerning charmer.

4 And I will set up boys as their princes, and children shall rule over them.

And I have made youths their heads, And sucklings rule over them.

5 And so shall the people press man against man, and one against the other: the boy shall demean himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honorable.

And the people has exacted—man on man, Even a man on his neighbor, The youths enlarge themselves against the aged, And the lightly esteemed against the honored.

6 When a man will seize hold on his brother in the house of his father, [saying, ] Thou hast a garment, thou shalt be our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:

When one lays hold on his brother, Of the house of his father, [by] the garment, “Come, you are a ruler to us, And this ruin [is] under your hand.”

7 He will swear on that day, saying, I will not be a chief; and in my house is neither bread nor clothing; you shall not appoint me a ruler of the people.

He lifts up, in that day, saying, “I am not a binder up, And in my house is neither bread nor garment, You do not make me a ruler of the people.”

8 For Jerusalem is sunk to decay, and Judah is fallen; because their tongue and their doings are against the Lord, to incense the eyes of his glory.

For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, For their tongue and their doings [are] against YHWH, To provoke the eyes of His glory.

9 The boldness of their face testifieth against them; and like Sodom they tell openly their sin, they conceal it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have prepared evil unto themselves.

The appearance of their faces witnessed against them, And their sin, as Sodom, they declared, They have not hidden! Woe to their soul, For they have done evil to themselves.

10 Say ye to the righteous, that he hath done well; for the fruit of their doings shall they eat.

Say to the righteous that [it is] good, Because they eat the fruit of their doings.

11 Woe unto the wicked who doeth evil; for the recompense of his hands shall be bestowed on him.

Woe to the wicked—evil, Because the deed of his hand is done to him.

12 My people! their oppressors are children, and women rule over them. O my people! thy leaders cause thee to err, and the direction of thy paths they corrupt.

My people—its exactors [are] sucklings, And women have ruled over it. My people—your eulogists are causing to err, And the way of your paths swallowed up.

13 The Lord is stepped forth to plead, and standeth up to judge the people.

YHWH has stood up to plead, And He is standing to judge the peoples.

14 The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and their princes; but ye—ye have eaten up the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.

YHWH enters into judgment With [the] elderly of His people, and its heads: “And you, you have consumed the vineyard, Plunder of the poor [is] in your houses.

15 What mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind down the faces of the poor? saith the Lord the Eternal of hosts.

Why? Why do you [do this]? You bruise My people, And you grind the faces of the poor.” A declaration of the Lord, YHWH of Hosts, And YHWH says:

16 And the Lord said, Forasmuch as the daughters of Zion are proud, and walk with stretched forth necks and casting about their eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:

“Because that daughters of Zion have been haughty, And they walk stretching out the neck, And deceiving [with] the eyes, They go walking and mincing, And they make a jingling with their feet,

17 Therefore will the Lord smite with leprosy the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will lay open their nakedness.

The Lord has also scabbed The crown of the head of daughters of Zion, And YHWH exposes their simplicity.

18 On that day will the Lord take away the beauty of their tinkling shoe-buckles, and the hair-nets, and the crescent-shaped ornaments,

In that day the Lord turns aside The beauty of the jingling ornaments, And of the embroidered works, And of the crescents,

19 The drops, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,

Of the pendants, and the bracelets, and the veils,

20 The bonnets, and the foot-chains, and the head-bands, and the tablets, and the earrings,

Of the headdresses, and the ornaments of the legs, And of the bands, And of the perfume boxes, and the amulets,

21 The finger-rings, and nose-jewels,

Of the seals, and of the nose-rings,

22 The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the shawls, and the pockets.

Of the costly apparel, and of the mantles, And of the coverings, and of the purses,

23 The mirrors, and the chemisettes, and the turbans, and the long vails.

Of the mirrors, and of the linen garments, And of the hoods, and of the veils,

24 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be corruption; and instead of a girdle a rope; and instead of curled hair baldness; and instead of a wide garment a girding of sackcloth, a mark of burning instead of beauty.

And it has been, instead of spice is muck, And instead of a girdle, a rope, And instead of curled work, baldness, And instead of a stomacher a girdle of sackcloth.

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

For instead of glory, your men fall by sword, And your might in battle.

26 And then shall her gates lament and mourn; and stript of all shall she sit upon the ground.

And her openings have lamented and mourned, Indeed, she has been emptied, she sits on the earth!”