Isaiah 3

1 for behold [the] lord LORD Hosts to turn aside: remove from Jerusalem and from Judah support and support all support food: bread and all support water

The Commander of the armies of angels is about to take away from Jerusalem and [other places in] Judea everything that you depend on— all your food and water.

2 mighty man and man battle to judge and prophet and to divine and old: elder

He will take away your heroes and your [other] soldiers, your judges and your prophets, people who do rituals to find out what will happen in the future and the elders,

3 ruler fifty and to lift: kindness face: kindness and to advise and wise craftily and to understand charm

army officers and [other] officials, advisors and skilled craftsmen and those who perform rituals to predict the future.

4 and to give: make youth ruler their and caprice to rule in/on/with them

He will appoint boys to be your leaders; your children will rule you.

5 and to oppress [the] people man: anyone in/on/with man and man: anyone in/on/with neighbor his to be assertive [the] youth in/on/with old: elder and [the] to dishonor in/on/with to honor: honour

People will treat each other cruelly: people will fight against their neighbors. Young people will insult older people, and vulgar/dishonorable people will sneer at people who should be honored.

6 for to capture man: anyone in/on/with brother: male-sibling his house: household father his mantle to/for you chief to be to/for us and [the] ruins [the] this underneath: owning hand: owner your

At that time, someone will grab one of his brothers in his father’s house and say to him, “You have a coat, [which shows that you are respected]. [So] you be our leader! You rule this [city, which is now] a pile of ruins!”

7 to lift: loud in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to/for to say not to be to saddle/tie and in/on/with house: home my nothing food: bread and nothing mantle not to set: make me chief people

[But] his brother will reply, “[No], I cannot help you, [because] I do not have [any extra] food or clothes in this house. [So] do not appoint me to be your leader!”

8 for to stumble Jerusalem and Judah to fall: fall for tongue their and deed their to(wards) LORD to/for to rebel eye: appearance glory his

Jerusalem and [the other towns in] Judah will be destroyed, because [everything] that the people do and say there opposes Yahweh, who is powerful and glorious, and they refuse to obey him. They rebel against him.

9 look face their to answer in/on/with them and sin their like/as Sodom to tell not to hide woe! to/for soul: myself their for to wean to/for them distress: evil

They even show on their faces that [they oppose Yahweh]. They are proud of their sins, like [the people of] Sodom were [long ago]; they do not try to hide their sins. [Because of their sins], terrible things will happen to them, [but] they will bring those disasters on themselves.

10 to say righteous for be pleasing for fruit deed their to eat

[Yahweh told me to] tell the righteous people that good things will happen to them; they will enjoy the blessings that they will receive for their good deeds.

11 woe! to/for wicked be evil for recompense hand his to make: do to/for him

[But] terrible things will happen to wicked people; they will be (paid back/punished) for [the evil things that] [MTY] they have done.

12 people my to oppress him to mock and woman to rule in/on/with him people my to bless you to go astray and way: conduct way your to swallow up

[Now], youths [who have become leaders] treat my people cruelly, and women rule over my people. My people, your leaders are misleading you; they are causing you to go down the wrong road [MET].

13 to stand to/for to contend LORD and to stand: stand to/for to judge people

[It is as though] Yahweh has sat in his place in a courtroom and is ready to judge his people.

14 LORD in/on/with justice: judgement to come (in): come with old: elder people his and ruler his and you(m. p.) to burn: destroy [the] vineyard violence [the] afflicted in/on/with house: home your

He will stand up to declare why the elders and rulers of his people should be punished: [he says], “The people of Israel are [like] [MET] a vineyard that I planted, but you have ruined it! Your houses are full of things that you have stolen from poor people.

15 (what? to/for you *Q(K)*) to crush people my and face afflicted to grind utterance Lord YHWH/God Hosts

You should stop [RHQ] crushing my people! [It is as though] you are pushing the faces of poor people into the dirt!” [That is what] the Commander of the armies of angels says.

16 and to say LORD because for to exult daughter Zion and to go: walk (to stretch *Q(k)*) throat and to ogle eye to go: walk and to mince to go: went and in/on/with foot their to tinkle

Yahweh says this: “The women of Jerusalem are haughty/proud; they walk around sticking their chins out, and flirting [with men] with their eyes. They walk with tiny steps with bracelets on their ankles that jingle.

17 and to scar Lord crown daughter Zion and LORD hinge their to uncover

So I, Yahweh, will cause sores to be on their heads, and I will cause those beautiful women in Jerusalem to become bald.”

18 in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to turn aside: remove Lord [obj] beauty [the] anklet and [the] headband and [the] crescent

At the time [that Yahweh does that], he will strip away everything that the women of Jerusalem wear to make themselves beautiful—the ornaments on their ankles and their headbands, their crescent necklaces,

19 [the] pendant and [the] bracelet and [the] veil

their earrings and bracelets and veils,

20 [the] headdress and [the] bracelette and [the] sash and house: home [the] soul: life and [the] charm

their scarves and ankle bracelets and sashes, their perfumes and (charms/little things that they wear thinking that those things will protect them from evil),

21 [the] ring and ring [the] face: nose

their signet rings and nose rings,

22 [the] robe and [the] overtunic and [the] cloak and [the] purse

their nice robes and capes and cloaks and purses,

23 and [the] tablet and [the] linen and [the] turban and [the] veil

their mirrors and nice linen clothes and shawls.

24 and to be underneath: instead spice decay to be and underneath: instead belt rope and underneath: instead deed: work hairstyle bald spot and underneath: instead robe girding sackcloth branding underneath: instead beauty

Instead of their having a nice smell from perfume, they will stink; instead of nice sashes, they will have ropes [around their waists because they will be captives]. Instead of having fancy hairdos, they will be bald. Instead of fancy/beautiful robes, they will wear rough sackcloth, and instead of being beautiful, they will be branded.

25 man your in/on/with sword to fall: fall and might your in/on/with battle

Their husbands will be killed by [their enemies’] swords, and their soldiers [will also die] in battles.

26 and to lament and to mourn entrance her and to clear to/for land: soil to dwell

People [PRS] will mourn and cry at the gates [of the city]. The city will [be like] [MET] a woman who sits on the ground because everything that she owned is gone.