ישעה 3
| כי הנה האדון יהוה צבאות מסיר מירושלם ומיהודה משען ומשענה כל משען לחם וכל משען מים | 1 |
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.
| גבור ואיש מלחמה שופט ונביא וקסם וזקן | 2 |
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,
| שר חמשים ונשוא פנים ויועץ וחכם חרשים ונבון לחש | 3 |
army officers and [other] officials, advisors and skilled craftsmen and those who perform rituals to predict the future.
| ונתתי נערים שריהם ותעלולים ימשלו בם | 4 |
He will appoint boys to be your leaders; your children will rule you.
| ונגש העם איש באיש ואיש ברעהו ירהבו הנער בזקן והנקלה בנכבד | 5 |
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.
| כי יתפש איש באחיו בית אביו שמלה לכה קצין תהיה לנו והמכשלה הזאת תחת ידך | 6 |
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!”
| ישא ביום ההוא לאמר לא אהיה חבש ובביתי אין לחם ואין שמלה לא תשימני קצין עם | 7 |
[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!”
| כי כשלה ירושלם ויהודה נפל כי לשונם ומעלליהם אל יהוה למרות עני כבודו | 8 |
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.
| הכרת פניהם ענתה בם וחטאתם כסדם הגידו לא כחדו אוי לנפשם כי גמלו להם רעה | 9 |
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.
| אמרו צדיק כי טוב כי פרי מעלליהם יאכלו | 10 |
[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.
| אוי לרשע רע כי גמול ידיו יעשה לו | 11 |
[But] terrible things will happen to wicked people; they will be (paid back/punished) for [the evil things that] [MTY] they have done.
| עמי נגשיו מעולל ונשים משלו בו עמי מאשריך מתעים ודרך ארחתיך בלעו | 12 |
[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].
| נצב לריב יהוה ועמד לדין עמים | 13 |
[It is as though] Yahweh has sat in his place in a courtroom and is ready to judge his people.
| יהוה במשפט יבוא עם זקני עמו ושריו ואתם בערתם הכרם גזלת העני בבתיכם | 14 |
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.
| מלכם (מה לכם) תדכאו עמי ופני עניים תטחנו נאם אדני יהוה צבאות | 15 |
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.
| ויאמר יהוה יען כי גבהו בנות ציון ותלכנה נטוות (נטויות) גרון ומשקרות עינים הלוך וטפף תלכנה וברגליהם תעכסנה | 16 |
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.
| ושפח אדני קדקד בנות ציון ויהוה פתהן יערה | 17 |
So I, Yahweh, will cause sores to be on their heads, and I will cause those beautiful women in Jerusalem to become bald.”
| ביום ההוא יסיר אדני את תפארת העכסים והשביסים--והשהרנים | 18 |
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,
| הנטפות והשירות והרעלות | 19 |
their earrings and bracelets and veils,
| הפארים והצעדות והקשרים ובתי הנפש והלחשים | 20 |
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),
| הטבעות ונזמי האף | 21 |
their signet rings and nose rings,
| המחלצות והמעטפות והמטפחות והחריטים | 22 |
their nice robes and capes and cloaks and purses,
| והגלינים והסדינים והצניפות והרדידים | 23 |
their mirrors and nice linen clothes and shawls.
| והיה תחת בשם מק יהיה ותחת חגורה נקפה ותחת מעשה מקשה קרחה ותחת פתיגיל מחגרת שק כי תחת יפי | 24 |
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.
| מתיך בחרב יפלו וגבורתך במלחמה | 25 |
Their husbands will be killed by [their enemies’] swords, and their soldiers [will also die] in battles.
| ואנו ואבלו פתחיה ונקתה לארץ תשב | 26 |
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.
