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 the Lord of hosts shall take away from Jerusalem, and from Juda the valiant and the strong, the whole strength of bread, and the whole strength of 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 cunning man, and the ancient.
3 Head of fifty, and accepted of faces, And counselor, and wise craftsmen, And discerning charmer.
The captain over fifty, and the honourable in countenance, and the counsellor, and the architect, and the skillful in eloquent speech.
4 And I have made youths their heads, And sucklings rule over them.
And I will give children to be their princes, and the effeminate shall 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 shall rush one upon another, and every man against his neighbour: the child shall make it tumult against the ancient, and the base against 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 take hold or his brother, one of the house of his father, saying: Thou hast a garment, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy 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 shall answer, saying: I am no healer, and in my house there is no bread, nor clothing: make me not ruler 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 Juda is fallen: because their tongue, and their devices are against the Lord, 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 shew of their countenance hath answered them: and they have proclaimed abroad their sin as Sodom, and they have not hid it: woe to their souls, for evils are rendered to them.
10 Say to the righteous that [it is] good, Because they eat the fruit of their doings.
Say to the just man that it is well, for he shall eat the fruit of his doings.
11 Woe to the wicked—evil, Because the deed of his hand is done to him.
Woe to the wicked unto evil: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
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 stripped them, and women have ruled over them. O my people, they that call thee blessed, the same deceive thee, and destroy the way of thy steps.
13 YHWH has stood up to plead, And He is standing to judge the peoples.
The Lord standeth up to judge, and he standeth 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 ancients of his people, and its princes: for you have devoured the vineyard, and the spoil of 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 consume my people, and grind the faces of the poor? saith 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 Sion are haughty, and have walked with stretched out necks, and wanton glances of their eyes, and made a noise as they walked with their feet and moved in a set pace:
17 The Lord has also scabbed The crown of the head of daughters of Zion, And YHWH exposes their simplicity.
The Lord will make bald the crown of the head of the daughters of Sion, and the Lord will discover 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 the ornaments of shoes, and little moons,
19 Of the pendants, and the bracelets, and the veils,
And chains and necklaces, and bracelets, and bonnets,
20 Of the headdresses, and the ornaments of the legs, And of the bands, And of the perfume boxes, and the amulets,
And bodkins, and ornaments of the legs, and tablets, and sweet balls, and earrings,
21 Of the seals, and of the nose-rings,
And rings, and jewels hanging on the forehead,
22 Of the costly apparel, and of the mantles, And of the coverings, and of the purses,
And changes of apparel, and short cloaks, and fine linen, and crisping pins,
23 Of the mirrors, and of the linen garments, And of the hoods, and of the veils,
And looking-glasses, and lawns, and headbands, and fine veils.
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 instead of a sweet smell there shall be stench, and instead of a girdle, a cord, and instead of curled hair, baldness, and instead of a stomacher, haircloth.
25 For instead of glory, your men fall by sword, And your might in battle.
Thy fairest men also shall fall by the sword, and thy valiant ones in battle.
26 And her openings have lamented and mourned, Indeed, she has been emptied, she sits on the earth!”
And her gates shall lament and mourn, and she shall sit desolate on the ground.
