Isaiah 3
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Downfall of Jerusalem and Judah
1For behold! The Lord, Adonai-Tzva’ot, takes from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support, every supply of bread and every supply of water,
2mighty man and man of war, judge, and prophet, fortune-teller and elder,
3captain of 50 and man of rank, counselor, crafty magician and cunning charmer.
4I will set children as their rulers. Capricious ones will govern them.
5The people will oppress one another— each one by his fellow, each one by his neighbor. The child will be insolent to the aged, and dishonorable to the honorable.
6When a man takes hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying: “You have a cloak, you be our ruler! This ruin is under your charge.”
7In that day he will protest, saying: “I’m no healer! In my house is no bread or cloak. Don’t make me a ruler of people!”
8For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah is fallen. For their tongue and their actions are against Adonai, defying the eyes of His glory.
9The expression of their faces bears witness against them. They display their sin like Sodom— they do not hide it. Oy , their souls! For they brought evil on themselves.
The Judge Arises
10Say to the righteous, he will be well, eating the fruit of their deeds.
11Oy , the wicked! It will be bad for him, for the dealing of his hands will be done to him.
12My people! Children are their oppressors and women rule over them. My people! Your guides mislead you and destroy the way of your paths.
13Adonai arises to contend a case, and stands to judge the people.
14Adonai will enter into judgment with the elders of His people and with the princes: “You have devoured the vineyard. The plunder of the poor is in your houses.
15What do you mean by crushing My people and grinding the face of the poor?” says Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot.
16Moreover Adonai says: “Since the Daughters of Zion are proud, and walk with outstretched necks and seductive eyes, walking and mincing as they go, making a jingling with their feet,
17therefore Adonai will smite with a scab the forehead of the Daughters of Zion. Adonai will expose their secret parts.
18In that day Adonai will strip the finery of anklets, headbands, crescents,
19pendants and bracelets, veils,
20headdresses, armlets, sashes, perfume vials, amulets,
21rings and nose-jewels,
22festal robes, capes, cloaks, purses,
23lace scarves, fine linen, turbans and veils.
24Now it will come to pass: Instead of sweet spices there will be rottenness; instead of a sash, rags; instead of curled hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; and branding instead of beauty.
25Your men will fall by the sword, and your warriors in battle.
26Her gates will lament and mourn. Desolate, she will sit on the ground.
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Isaiah 3
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Isaiah 3
1¶ For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of the hosts, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread and the whole stay of water,
2 the mighty man and the man of war, the judge and the prophet, the fortune-teller and the ancient,
3 the captain of fifty and the honourable man and the counsellor and the cunning artificer and the eloquent wise man.
4And I will give children to be their princes, and young fools shall rule over them.
5And the people shall do violence, one against another, and each one against his neighbour; the child shall rise up against the ancient and the base against the honourable.
6When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand;
7in 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 doings have been against the Lord, to irritate the eyes of his majesty.
9¶ The appearance of their countenance witnesses against them, and they declare their sin as Sodom; they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! For they have rewarded evil unto themselves.
10Say unto the righteous that it shall be well with him, for they shall eat of the fruit of their doings.
11Woe unto the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for according to the work of his hands it shall be done unto him.
12The oppressors of my people are many, and women rule over him. O my people, those who lead thee cause thee to err and twist the way of thy paths.
13The Lord stands up to litigate and is present to judge the peoples.
14The Lord will come with judgment against the elders of his people and against these his princes, for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
15What do you mean that ye beat my people to pieces and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of the hosts.
16¶ Moreover the Lord saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and swaggering as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
17Therefore the Lord will make bare the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will uncover that which they are ashamed of.
18In that day the Lord will take away the adornment of their shoes and their hair nets and their crystals,
19the chains and the jewels and the bracelets,
20the bonnets and the ornaments of the legs and the headbands and the powders and the earrings,
21the rings, and nose jewels,
22the changeable suits of apparel and the mantles and the veils and the crisping pins,
23the looking glasses and the fine linen and the hoods and the hairdos.
24And it shall come to pass that instead of sweet perfumes, there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent and instead of well-set hair baldness and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth and burning instead of beauty.
25Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
26Thy gates shall lament and mourn, and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
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