Isaiah 3
3
1For, behold, the Lord-Adon [Lord of the Earth], the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies], does take away from Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] and from Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] the supply and the support, the whole supply of bread, and the whole supply of water,
2The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the elder,
3The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counselor, and the cunning artisan, and the eloquent orator (enchanter).
4And I will give children [to be] their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
5And the people shall be oppressed, everyone by another, and everyone by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself arrogantly against the elder, and the base against the honourable.
6When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, [saying], youi have clothing, be youi our ruler, and [let] this ruin [be] under youri hand:
7In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house [is] neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.
8For Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] is ruined, and Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] is fallen: because their tongue and their doings [are] against the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), to openly provoke/rebel against his glory.
9The show of very faces does witness against them! and they declare their sin as S’dom [Burning], they hide [it] not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.
10Say you2f to the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him]: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
11Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
12 [As for] my people, children [are] their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead youi cause [youi] to err, and destroy the way of youri paths.
13The Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) stands up to plead, and stands to judge the people.
14The Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and the princes thereof: for you2f have eaten up the vineyard; the plunder of the poor [is] in your houses.
15What mean you2f [that] you2f beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? says the Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehōvih (THE FATHER) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies].
16Moreover the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) says, Because the daughters of Tziyon [parched place] are arrogant (proud; lifted up), and walk with stretched forth necks and seductive eyes, walking and mincing (taking short, quick steps) [as] they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
17Therefore the Lord-Adonai (The Father) [Greatest Above All Things] will strike with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Tziyon [parched place], and the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) will expose their private parts.
18In that day the Lord-Adonai (The Father) [Greatest Above All Things] will take away the beauty of [their] tinkling ornaments [about their feet], and [their] headbands, and [their] crescents like the moon,
19The chains, and the bracelets, and the veils,
20The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the amulets, and the earrings,
21The rings, and nose jewels,
22The fine dresses, and the mantles, and the shawls, and money purses,
23The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the veils.
24And it shall come to pass, [that] instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a belt a rope; and instead of well-set hair baldness; and instead of a rich robe a girding of sackcloth; [and] (slave) branding instead of beauty.
25Your1s men shall fall by the sword, and youri mighty in the war.
26And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she [being] desolate shall sit upon the ground.
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Isaiah 3
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Judah’s Leaders Judged
1Note this: The Lord God of Armies
is about to remove from Jerusalem and from Judah
every kind of security:
the entire supply of bread and water,
2heroes and warriors,#2Kg 24:14; Ezk 17:13–14
judges and prophets,
fortune-tellers and elders,
3commanders of fifty and dignitaries,
counselors, cunning magicians,#3:3 Or skilled craftsmen and necromancers.#3:3 Or mediums
4“I will make youths their leaders,#Ec 10:16
and unstable rulers#3:4 Or mischief-makers will govern them.”
5The people will oppress one another,#Mc 7:3–6
man against man, neighbor against neighbor;
the young will act arrogantly toward the old,
and the worthless toward the honorable.
6A man will even seize his brother
in his father’s house, saying,
“You have a cloak — you be our leader!
This heap of rubble will be under your control.”
7On that day he will cry out, saying,
“I’m not a healer.
I don’t even have food or clothing in my house.
Don’t make me the leader of the people!”
8For Jerusalem has stumbled
and Judah has fallen
because they have spoken and acted against the Lord,#Ps 73:9–11
defying his glorious presence.#Nm 14:22–23; Is 43:7; 48:11; 59:19
9The look on their faces testifies against them,
and like Sodom,#Is 1:9–10; 13:19 they flaunt their sin;
they do not conceal it.
Woe to them,
for they have brought disaster on themselves.#Rm 6:23
10Tell the righteous that it will go well for them,
for they will eat the fruit of their labor.
11Woe to the wicked — it will go badly for them,
for what they have done will be done to them.
12Youths oppress my people,#Is 3:4
and women rule over them.
My people, your leaders mislead you;
they confuse the direction of your paths.#Is 28:14–22
13The Lord rises to argue the case
and stands to judge the people.#Ps 7:6; Hs 4:1
14The Lord brings this charge
against the elders and leaders of his people:#Mc 3:1–3
“You have devastated the vineyard.
The plunder from the poor is in your houses.#Ezk 18:10–18; 33:15
15Why do you crush my people
and grind the faces of the poor?”
This is the declaration of the Lord God of Armies.
Jerusalem’s Women Judged
16The Lord also says:
Because the daughters of Zion are haughty,#Is 32:9–15; 1Pt 3:3–4
walking with heads held high
and seductive eyes,
prancing along,
jingling their ankle bracelets,
17the Lord will put scabs on the heads
of the daughters of Zion,
and the Lord will shave their foreheads bare.
18On that day#Is 27:12 the Lord will strip their finery: ankle bracelets, headbands, crescents,#Jdg 8:21,26 19pendants, bracelets, veils, 20headdresses, ankle jewelry, sashes, perfume bottles, amulets,#Ezk 24:17 21signet rings, nose rings,#Gn 24:47; Ezk 16:12 22festive robes, capes, cloaks, purses, 23garments, linen clothes, turbans, and shawls.
24Instead of perfume there will be a stench;
instead of a belt, a rope;
instead of beautifully styled hair,#1Pt 3:3 baldness;#Is 15:2; 22:12; Ezk 27:31; Am 8:10; Mc 1:16
instead of fine clothes, sackcloth;#Gn 37:34; Is 15:3; Jr 48:36–38; Lm 2:10
instead of beauty, branding.#3:24 DSS read shame
25Your men will fall by the sword,
your warriors in battle.
26Then her gates#Jr 14:2; Lm 1:4 will lament and mourn;
deserted, she will sit on the ground.#Jb 2:13; Is 47:1; Lm 2:10
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