Isaiah 3

1 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;

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

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

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

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

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

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

5 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.

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

6 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.”

For a man shall lay hold of his brother, as one of his father's household, saying, You have raiment, be you our ruler, and let my meat be under you.

7 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.”

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

8 For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, For their tongue and their doings [are] against YHWH, 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 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.

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

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

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

12 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.

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

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

14 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.

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

15 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:

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

16 “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,

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

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 turns aside The beauty of the jingling ornaments, And of the embroidered works, And of the crescents,

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

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

and the chains, and the ornaments of their faces,

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

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

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

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

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

24 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.

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

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

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