Isaiah 3
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God Will Remove the Leaders
1For behold, the Lord #3:1 Heb YHWH, usually rendered LordGod of armies is going to remove from Jerusalem and Judah
Both supply and support, the entire supply of bread
And the entire supply of water;
2The mighty man and the warrior,
The judge and the prophet,
The diviner and the elder,
3The captain of fifty and the esteemed person,
The counselor and the expert artisan,
And the skillful enchanter.
4And I will make mere boys their leaders,
And #3:4 Or arbitrary power will rulemischievous children will rule over them,
5And the people will be oppressed,
Each one by another, and each one by his neighbor;
The youth will assault the elder,
And the contemptible person will assault the one honored.
6When a man lays hold of his brother in his father’s house, saying,
“You have a cloak, you shall be our ruler!
And these ruins will be under your #3:6 Lit handauthority,”
7He will #3:7 Lit lift up his voiceprotest on that day, saying,
“I will not be your #3:7 Lit binder of woundshealer,
For in my house there is neither bread nor cloak;
You should not appoint me ruler of the people.”
8For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen,
Because their #3:8 Lit tonguespeech and their actions are against the Lord,
To rebel against #3:8 Lit the eyes of His gloryHis glorious presence.
9 # 3:9 Or Their partiality testifies The expression of their faces testifies against them,
And they #3:9 Lit proclaimdisplay their sin like Sodom;
They do not even conceal it.
Woe to #3:9 Lit their soulthem!
For they have done evil to themselves.
10Say to the righteous that it will go well for them,
For they will eat the fruit of their actions.
11Woe to the wicked! It will go badly for him,
For #3:11 Lit the accomplishment of his handswhat he deserves will be done to him.
12My people! Their oppressors treat them violently,
And women rule over them.
My people! Those who guide you lead you astray
And confuse the direction of your paths.
God Will Judge
13¶The Lord arises to contend,
And stands to judge the people.
14The Lord enters into judgment with the elders and leaders of His people,
“It is you who have #3:14 Lit grazed overdevoured the vineyard;
The goods stolen from the poor are in your houses.
15“What do you mean by crushing My people
And #3:15 Lit grinding the face ofoppressing the face of the poor?”
Declares the Lord #3:15 Heb YHWH, usually rendered LordGod of armies.
Judah’s Women Denounced
16¶Moreover, the Lord said, “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty
And walk with #3:16 Lit outstretched necksheads held high and seductive eyes,
And go along with mincing steps
And jingle the anklets on their feet,
17The Lord will afflict the scalp of the daughters of Zion with scabs,
And the Lord will make their foreheads bare.”
18On that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, headbands, crescent ornaments, 19dangling earrings, bracelets, veils, 20headdresses, ankle chains, sashes, perfume boxes, amulets, 21#3:21 Or signet ringsfinger rings, nose rings, 22festive robes, outer garments, shawls, purses, 23papyrus garments, undergarments, headbands, and veils.
24Now it will come about that instead of balsam oil there will be a stench;
Instead of a belt, a rope;
Instead of well-set hair, a plucked-out scalp;
Instead of fine clothes, a robe of sackcloth;
And branding instead of beauty.
25Your men will fall by the sword
And your #3:25 Lit strengthmighty ones in battle.
26And her #3:26 Lit entrancesgates will lament and mourn,
And she will sit deserted on the ground.
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Yeshayah (Isaiah) 3
3
1For look, the Master, יהוה of hosts, is turning aside from Yerushalayim and from Yehuḏah the stock and the store, all the supply of bread and all the supply of water;
2the mighty man and the man of battle, the judge and the prophet, and the diviner and the elder;
3the commander of fifty and the highly respected man, and the counsellor and the skilled craftsman, and the clever enchanter.
4“And I shall make youths their heads, and children shall rule over them.
5And the people shall exert pressure, man on man, man on his neighbour; the young rise up against the older, and the lightly esteemed against the highly esteemed.”
6When a man takes hold of his brother in the house of his father, by the garment, and says, “Come, be a chief over us, and let this ruin be under your hand,”
7he shall swear in that day, saying, “I am not a healer, for in my house is neither bread nor garment; do not make me a chief of the people.”
8For Yerushalayim has stumbled, and Yehuḏah has fallen, because their tongue and their doings are against יהוה, to provoke the eyes of His esteem.
9The look on their faces witnesses against them, and they declare their sin as Seḏom; they do not hide it. Woe to their being! For they have brought evil upon themselves.
10“Say to the righteous it is well, for they eat the fruit of their doings.
11“Woe to the wrong – evil! For the reward of his hand is done to him.
12“My people! Youths exert pressure on them, and women rule over them. O My people! Your leaders lead you astray,#See Isa. 9:16 and swallow the way of your paths.”
13יהוה shall stand up to plead, and is standing to judge the peoples.
14יהוה enters into judgment with the elders of His people and its heads, “It is you who have eaten up the vineyard, the plunder of the poor is in your houses.
15“What do you mean by crushing My people and grinding the faces of the poor?” declares the Master, יהוה of hosts.
16And יהוה says, “Because the daughters of Tsiyon are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and seductive eyes, walking and mincing as they go, making a jingling with their feet,
17therefore יהוה shall smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Tsiyon, and יהוה expose their nakedness.”
18In that day יהוה takes away the finery of the anklets, and the headbands, and the crescents,
19the pendants, the bracelets and the veils,
20the headdresses, and the leg ornaments, and the sashes, and the perfume bottles, and the amulets,
21the rings, and the nose jewels,
22the costly robes, and the cloaks, and the shawls, and the purses,
23the mirrors, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the large veils.
24And it shall be: Instead of a sweet fragrance, a smell of decay; and instead of a belt, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a festal robe, a girding of sackcloth; and branding instead of loveliness.
25Your men shall fall by the sword, and your strength in battle.
26And her gates shall lament and mourn, and she, deserted, shall sit on the ground.
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