Isaiah 3
3
Judgment on Judah and Jerusalem
1#Lev 26:26; Isa 1:24 For now the Lord,
the Lord of Hosts,
takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah
the stock and the store,
the whole supply of bread, and the whole supply of water;
2#Eze 17:13 the mighty man and the man of war,
the judge and the prophet,
and the prudent and the ancient,
3the captain of fifty and the honorable man,
the counselor and the skillful artisan, and the eloquent orator.
4#Ecc 10:16 I will give youths to be their princes,
and unweaned children shall rule over them.
5#Jer 9:3–8 The people shall be oppressed,
every one by another, and every one by his neighbor;
the youth shall behave himself proudly against the elder,
and the inferior against the honorable.
6#Isa 4:1 When a man shall take hold of his brother
in the house of his father saying,
“You have clothing; be our ruler,
and let this ruin be under your power,”
7#Hos 5:13 in that day he shall swear saying,
“I will not be a healer.
For in my house is neither bread nor clothing;
do not make me a ruler of the people.”
8For Jerusalem is ruined,
and Judah is fallen,
because their tongue and their deeds are against the Lord,
to provoke the eyes of His glory.
9#Ge 13:13; Ro 6:23 The expression of their countenance witnesses against them,
and they declare their sin as Sodom;
they hide it not.
Woe to them!
For they have brought evil on themselves.
10#Ecc 8:12; Dt 28:1–14 Say to the righteous that it shall be well with them,
for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
11#Dt 28:15–68; Ecc 8:13 Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him,
for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
12#Isa 3:4 As for My people, children are their oppressors,
and women rule over them.
O My people, those who lead you cause you to err,
and destroy the way of your paths.
13#Mic 6:2 The Lord stands up to plead
and stands to judge the people.
14#Job 22:4; Ps 143:2 The Lord will enter into judgment
with the elders and the princes of His people:
For you have eaten up the vineyard;
the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
15#Ps 94:5 What do you mean that you beat My people to pieces
and grind the faces of the poor?
says the Lord God of Hosts.
16#Isa 4:4; 32:9–11 Moreover the Lord says:
Because the daughters of Zion are haughty
and walk with outstretched necks
and wanton eyes,
walking and mincing as they go,
and making a tinkling with their feet,
17therefore, the Lord will strike with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion,
and the Lord will make their foreheads bare.
18#Jdg 8:21In that day the Lord will take away the finery of the ankle ornaments, and the headbands, and the crescent ornaments, 19the chains, and the bracelets, and the veils, 20#Ex 39:28the bonnets, the leg ornaments, the sashes, perfume boxes, amulets, 21#Ge 24:47the finger rings, nose rings, 22festal robes, outer tunics, cloaks, purses, 23hand mirrors, and undergarments, hoods, and veils.
24#Isa 22:12; La 2:10 Instead of sweet perfume there shall be a stench;
and instead of a belt, a rope;
and instead of well-set hair, baldness;
and instead of fine clothes, a girding of sackcloth;
and branding instead of beauty.
25Your men shall fall by the sword,
and your mighty in the war.
26#Jer 14:2; La 2:10 Her gates shall lament and mourn,
and she, being desolate, shall sit on the ground.
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Isaiah 3
3
Leaders of Judah and Jerusalem
1For look, the Lord Yahweh of hosts is removing every source of support#Literally “supplies and supplies”
from Jerusalem and from Judah:
all of the supplies of bread
and all of the supplies of water,
2mighty warrior and man of war,
judge and prophet,
and diviner and elder,
3captain of fifty and the honorable men of rank,
and counselor and skillful magicians and skillful enchanter.
4And I will make boys their princes,
and children shall rule over them.
5And the people will be oppressed by each other#Literally “man by man”
and a man by his neighbor.
The boy will act arrogantly toward the elder,
and the dishonorable toward the honorable.
6Indeed, a man will seize his brother
in the house of his father:
“You have a cloak;#Literally “a cloak for you”
you shall be a leader for us,
and this heap of ruins shall be under your hand!”
7He will lift up his voice on that day, saying,
“I will not be a healer;
in my house there is no bread
and there is no cloak.
You shall not make me the leader of the people!”
8For Jerusalem has stumbled,
and Judah has fallen
because their speech and their deeds are against Yahweh,
defying the eyes of his glory.
9The look on their faces testifies against them
and they declare their sin like Sodom;
they do not hide it.
Woe to their soul!
For they have dealt out evil to themselves.
10Tell the innocent#Singular that it is good
for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
11Woe to the wicked!#Singular It is bad!
For what is done by his hands will be done to him.
12My people—children are their oppressors,
and women rule over them.
My people, your leaders are misleading you,
and they confuse the course of your paths.
13Yahweh takes his stand to conduct a legal case
and takes his stand to judge the peoples.
14Yahweh enters into judgment with the elders of his people and its princes.
“And you! You have devoured the vineyard;
the spoil of the poor is in your houses!
15Why#Literally “What to you” do you crush my people
and grind the face of the poor?”
declares#Literally “declaration of” the Lord Yahweh of hosts.
The Pride of Jerusalem’s Women
16And Yahweh said: “Because#There are two Hebrew words for “because” here the daughters of Zion are haughty,
and they walk with outstretched neck,
and they give flirting glances with their eyes,
mincing along as they go,#Literally “they go walking and mincing along”
and with their feet they rattle their bangles,#Literally “they tinkle with their feet”
17the Lord will make the heads#Hebrew “head” of the daughters of Zion scabby,
and Yahweh will lay their foreheads bare.”
18In that day the Lord will take away the finery of the anklets
and the headbands and the crescent necklaces,
19the pendants and the bracelets and the veils,
20the headdresses and the armlets and the sashes,
and the perfume boxes#Literally “houses of the breath” and the amulets,
21the signet rings and the nose rings,
22the festal robes and the mantles,
and the cloaks and the handbags,
23and the mirrors and the linen garments,
and the turbans and the wraps.
24And this shall happen: There will be
a stench instead of perfume,
and a rope instead of a sash,
and baldness instead of a well-set hairdo,
and a clothing wrap of sackcloth instead of a rich robe,
branding instead of beauty.
25Your men shall fall by the sword,
and your warriors in battle.
26And her#That is, Jerusalem’s gates shall lament and mourn,
and she shall be banished;
she shall sit upon the ground.
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