Isaiah 3
1 See, the Lord Yahweh of hosts is about to take away from Jerusalem and from Judah support and staff: the whole supply of bread and the whole supply of water,
For lo! the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, removing from Jerusalem and from Judah, The stay and staff, —The whole stay of bread, And the whole stay of water:
2 the mighty man and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the one who practices divination and the elder,
Man of might and man of war, —Judge and prophet And diviner and elder;
3 the captain of fifty and the respected citizen, the counselor, the expert craftsman and the skillful enchanter.
Captain of fifty, and favourite; And counsellor and skilled artificer, And master of magical formulas;
4 “I will place mere youths as their leaders, and the young will rule over them.
And I will appoint boys to be their princes, —And, petulant children, shall rule over them,
5 The people will be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor; the child will insult the elderly, and the degraded will challenge the honorable.
And the people will, tyrannise, Every man over his fellow-man, And every man over his friend, —And they will rage The boy against, the elder, And the despised, against, the honourable,
6 A man will even take hold of his brother in his father's house and say, 'You have a coat; be our ruler, and let this ruin be in your hands.'
When a man shall lay hold, on his brother of the house of his father, [saying] —Clothing, hast thou, Become thou our, ruler, This downfall, be under thy hand,
7 On that day he will shout and say, 'I will not be a healer; I have no bread or clothing. You will not make me ruler of the people.'”
He will swear, in that day, saying—I will take no control, When in mine own house, is neither food nor clothing, —Ye must not set me for a ruler of people!
8 For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, because their speech and their actions are against Yahweh, defying the eyes of his glory.
For stumbled hath Jerusalem, and, Judah, hath fallen, —Because, their tongue and their doings, are against Yahweh, Provoking his glorious presence,
9 The look on their faces witnesses against them; and they tell of their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! For they have completed a catastrophe for themselves.
The show of their face, hath answered against them, And their sin—like Sodom, have they told, they have not concealed it. Alas for their souls! For they have requited to themselves, calamity.
10 Tell the righteous person that it will be well, for they will eat the fruit of their deeds.
Say ye to the righteous It is well! For the fruit of their doings, shall they eat:
11 Woe to the wicked! It will go badly for him, for the recompense of his hands will be done to him.
Alas! for the lawless, it is ill, For what his own hand hath matured, shall be done to him.
12 My people—children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people, those who guide you lead you astray and confuse the direction of your path.
My people! children, are their tyrants, And, women, rule over them, —My people! they who should lead thee forward, are causing thee to stray, Thy pathways, have they destroyed,
13 Yahweh stands up for an accusation; he is standing to accuse the people.
Yahweh hath taken his station to plead, —And is standing to judge peoples:
14 Yahweh will come with judgment against the elders of his people and their leaders: “You have ruined the vineyard; the plunder from the poor is in your houses.
Yahweh, into judgment, will enter, With the elders of his people And their princes, —But ye, have consumed the vineyard, That which hath been robbed from the oppressed, is in your houses.
15 Why do you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor?” This is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh of hosts.
What right have ye to crush my people, And the faces of the oppressed, to grind? Demandeth My Lord Yahweh of hosts—And Yahweh saith—
16 Yahweh says that because the daughters of Zion are proud, they walk with their necks extended, with flirting eyes, walking with tiny steps as they go, making tinkling sounds from bracelets on their ankles.
Because haughty are the daughters of Zion, And they walk with neck thrown back, and wanton eyes, —Tripping along as they go, And with their feet, making, a tinkling sound,
17 Therefore the Lord will form scabs on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and Yahweh will make them bald.
Therefore will My Lord, smite with leprosy the crown of hair of the daughters of Zion, —And, as for Yahweh, their shame, will he lay bare!
18 On that day the Lord will remove their beautiful ankle jewelry, head bands, the crescent ornaments,
In that day, will My Lord remove the finery—of the anklets, and the little suns and the little moons;
19 the ear pendants, the bracelets, and the veils;
the pendants and the bracelets and the veils;
20 the headscarves, the ankle chains, the sashes, and the perfume boxes, and the lucky charms.
the chaplets and the armlets and the girdles, and the scent-cases, and the amulets;
21 He will remove the rings and the nose jewels;
the rings and the nose-jewels;
22 the festive robes, the mantles, the veils, and the handbags;
the robes, and the over-tunics, and the cloaks and the purses;
23 the hand mirrors, the fine linen, the head pieces, and the wraps.
and the mirrors and the linen wraps, and the tiaras and the cloaks.
24 Instead of sweet perfume there will be stench; and instead of a sash, a rope; instead of well-arranged hair, baldness; and instead of a robe, a covering of sackcloth; and branding instead of beauty.
And it shall come to pass—That instead of fragrance, a putrid odour, shall be, And instead of a girdle, an encircling rope, And instead of braided hair, baldness, And instead of a festal robe, a girding of sackcloth, Branding instead of beauty:
25 Your men will fall by the sword, and your strong men will fall in war.
Thy males, by the sword shall fall, —And, thy mighty men, by the war;
26 Jerusalem's gates will lament and mourn; and she will be alone and sit upon the ground.
And her gates shall mourn and lament, —And forsaken, on the ground, shall she sit.
