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;

For behold, the sovereign Lord of hosts will take away, from Jerusalem and from Judah, the powerful and the strong: all the strength from bread, and all the strength from water;

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

the strong man, and the man of war, the judge and the prophet, and the seer and the elder;

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

the leader over fifty and the honorable in appearance; and the counselor, and the wise among builders, and the skillful in mystical speech.

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

And I will provide children as their leaders, and the effeminate will rule 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 will rush, man against man, and each one against his neighbor. The child shall rebel against the elder, and the ignoble against the noble.

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 will apprehend his brother, from the household of his own father, saying: “The vestment is yours. Be our leader, but let this ruin be under your hand.”

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.”

In that day, he will respond by saying: “I am not a healer, and there is no bread or vestment in my house. Do not choose to appoint me as a leader of the 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 Judah has fallen, because their words and their plans are against the Lord, in order to provoke the eyes of his majesty.

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.

The acknowledgement of their countenance is their response. For they have proclaimed their own sin, like Sodom; and they have not concealed it. Woe to their souls! For evils are being repaid to them.

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

Tell the just man that it is well, for he shall eat from the fruit from his own plans.

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

Woe to the impious man immersed in evil! For retribution will be given to him from his own 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.

As for my people, their oppressors have despoiled them, and women have ruled over them. My people, who call you blessed, the same are deceiving you and disrupting the path of your steps.

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

The Lord stands for judgment, and he stands to judge the 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 will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and with their leaders. For you have been devouring the vineyard, and the plunder from the poor is in your house.

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 wear down my people, and grind up the faces of the poor, says the Lord, the God of hosts?

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,

And the Lord said: Because the daughters of Zion have been lifted up, and have walked with extended necks and winking eyes, because they have continued on, walking noisily and advancing with a pretentious stride,

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

the Lord will make the heads of the daughters of Zion bald, and the Lord will strip them of the locks of their hair.

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

In that day, the Lord will take away their decorative shoes,

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

and the little moons and chains, and the necklaces and bracelets, and the hats,

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

and the ornaments for their hair, and the anklets, and the touches of myrrh and little bottles of perfumes, and the earrings,

21 Of the seals, and of the nose-rings,

and the rings, and the jewels hanging on their foreheads,

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

and the continual changes in appearance, and the short skirts, and the fine linens and embroidered cloths,

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

and the mirrors, and scarves, and ribbons, and their sparse clothing.

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 in place of a sweet fragrance, there will be stench. And in place of a belt, there will be a rope. And in place of stylish hair, there will be baldness. And in place of a blouse, there will be haircloth.

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

Likewise, your most handsome men will fall by the sword, and your strong men will fall in battle.

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

And her gates will grieve and mourn. And she will sit on the ground, desolate.