Isaiah 3

Yahweh Will Judge Judah’s Leaders

1For behold, the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, is going to remove from Jerusalem and Judah

Both #3:1 Lit staffsupply and support, the whole #3:1 Lit staffsupply of bread

And the whole #3:1 Lit staffsupply of water,

2The mighty man and the man of war,

The judge and the prophet,

The diviner and the elder,

3The commander of fifty and the #3:3 Lit one whose face is lifted uphighly respected man,

The counselor and the wise craftsman,

And the experienced enchanter.

4And I will make young men their princes,

And #3:4 Lit arbitrary power will rulecapricious children will rule over them,

5And the people will be oppressed,

Each one by another, and each one by his neighbor;

The youth will overwhelm the elder

And the dishonorable against the honorable.

6When a man grasps his brother in his father’s house, saying,

“You have a cloak, you shall be our ruler,

And these ruins will be under your hand,”

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 tongue and their deeds are against Yahweh,

To rebel against #3:8 Lit the eyes of His gloryHis glorious presence.

9 # 3:9 Or Their partiality The expression of their faces answers against them,

And they declare their sin like Sodom;

They do not even conceal it.

Woe to their soul!

For they have dealt out evil on themselves.

10Say to the righteous that it will go well with them,

For they will eat the fruit of their deeds.

11Woe to the wicked! It will go badly with him,

For #3:11 Lit the dealing of his handswhat he has dealt out will be done to him.

12O My people! Their taskmasters #3:12 Or deal severelyare infants,

And women rule over them.

O My people! Those who guide you lead you astray

And swallow up the way of your paths.

13¶Yahweh takes His stand to contend,

And stands to judge the peoples.

14Yahweh enters into judgment with the elders of His people and His princes,

“It is you who have consumed the vineyard;

The plunder robbed of the afflicted is in your houses.

15“What do you mean by crushing My people

And grinding the face of the afflicted?”

Declares Lord Yahweh of hosts.

Yahweh Will Judge Zion’s Daughters

16Moreover, Yahweh said, “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty

And walk with outstretched necks and seductive eyes,

And go along with mincing steps

And tinkle the bangles on their feet,

17Therefore the Lord will smite the skull of the daughters of Zion with scabs,

And Yahweh will make their foreheads bare.”

18In that day the Lord will remove the beauty of their anklets, headbands, crescent ornaments, 19dangling earrings, bracelets, veils, 20headdresses, ankle chains, sashes, perfume boxes, enchanted charms, 21#3:21 Or signet ringsfinger rings, nose rings, 22festal robes, outer tunics, cloaks, money purses, 23hand mirrors, undergarments, turbans, and shawls.

24Now it will be that instead of #3:24 Or balsam oilsweet perfume there will be the smell of rot;

Instead of a belt, a rope;

Instead of well-set hair, a plucked-out scalp;

Instead of fine clothes, a donning 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 deserted she will sit on the ground.

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Isaiah 3

III

1For, behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts,

Removeth from Jerusalem, and from Judah,

Every stay and support;

The whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water:

2The mighty man, and the warrior;

The judge, and the prophet, and the diviner, and the elder:

3The captain of fifty, and the honourable man;

And the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the skilful in incantation.

4And I will set boys for their princes;

And children shall rule over them.

5And the people shall be oppressed;

This man by that man, and that man by his neighbour:

They shall behave themselves insolently, the boy towards the old man;

And the base towards the honourable.

6Then should a man lay hold on his brother, of the house of his father,

Saying, thou hast raiment; be thou ruler over us,

And take this ruin under thy hand:

7He shall swear in that day, saying,

I cannot be the healer;

For in my house is neither bread nor raiment:

Appoint not me a ruler of the people.

8For Jerusalem tottereth, and Judah falleth; Because their tongue and their deeds are against

Jehovah;

To provoke his glorious eyes.

9The shamelessness of their countenances witnesseth against them;

And they speak openly of their sin, like Sodom, they hide it not:

Wo unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

10Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him;

For the fruit of his deeds shall he eat.

11Wo unto the wicked, it shall be ill with him;

For the reward of his hands shall be given him.

12As for my people, children are their oppressors;

And women rule over them.

O my people, thy leaders cause thee to err;

And the way of thy paths, they pervert.

13 Jehovah ariseth to plead his cause;

He standeth to judge the people.

14 Jehovah will enter into judgment

With the elders of his people and their princes:

For ye have consumed the vineyard,

The plunder of the poor is in your houses.

15What mean ye that ye crush my people,

And grind the faces of the poor?

Saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

16Moreover Jehovah hath said:

Because the daughters of Zion ore haughty;

And walk displaying the neck,

And leering with their eyes,

Walking and mincing as they go,

And making a tinkling with their feet.

17Therefore will the Lord smite with a scab the head of the daughters of Zion;

And Jehovah will expose their nakedness.

18In that day will the Lord remove the splendour of the foot-ornaments,

And the caps of network, and the crescents;

19The ear-pendents, and the bracelets, and the thin veils;

20The head-dress, and the ornaments of the legs, and the girdles,

And the perfume-boxes, and the amulets;

21The rings, and the jewels of the nose;

22The embroidered robes, and the tunics;

And the cloaks, and the sachels;

23The transparent garments, and the fine linen vests;

And the turbans, and the mantles.

24And it shall come to pass, that instead of perfume there shall be a stench;

And instead of a girdle, a rope;

And instead of plaited hair, baldness;

And instead of a stomacher, a girding of sackcloth:

A sunburnt skin, instead of beauty.

25Thy men shall fall by the sword;

And thy mighty in the war,

26And her gates shall lament and mourn;

And destitute shall she sit upon the ground.

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Translated by Rev John Jones (Ioan Tegid).Published at Oxford in 1830, second edition 1842.

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