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Isaiah 3

¹Listen carefully, the Lord GOD of hosts is removing from Jerusalem and from Judah Both supply and support, the whole supply of bread And the whole supply of water;

²The brave man and the warrior [He is also removing], The judge and the prophet, The diviner and the elder,

³The captain of fifty and the man of honor, The counselor and the expert artisan, And the skillful enchanter.

⁴And I will make mere boys their princes, And capricious (impulsive, unpredictable) children will rule over them.

⁵And the people will be oppressed, Each one by another, and each one by his neighbor; The boy will be arrogant and insolent toward the elder And the vulgar (common) toward the honorable [person of rank].

⁶When a man takes hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, "You have a robe, you shall be our judge and ruler, And this pile of ruins will be under your control,"

⁷He will protest on that day, saying, "I will not be a[1] governor; For in my house there is neither bread nor clothing; You should not make me a judge and ruler of the people."

⁸For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen, Because their words and their actions are against the LORD, To rebel against His glorious presence and defiantly provoke Him.

⁹Their partiality testifies against them, They display their sin like Sodom; They do not even hide it. Woe (judgment is coming) to[2] them! For they have brought evil on themselves [as a reward].

¹⁰Say to the righteous that it will go well with them, For they will eat the fruit of their [righteous] actions.

¹¹Woe (judgment is coming) to the wicked! It shall go badly with him, For what his hand has done shall be done to him.

¹²O My people! Children are their oppressors, And women rule over them. O My people! Your leaders lead you astray And confuse (destroy, swallow up) the direction of your paths.

¹³The LORD rises to contend, And stands to judge the people.

¹⁴The LORD enters into judgment with the elders of His people and their princes, "For it is you who have devoured the vineyard [with your oppression, you have robbed the people and ruined the country]; The plunder of the poor is in your houses.

¹⁵"What do you mean by crushing My people And grinding the face of the poor?" Declares the Lord GOD of hosts.

¹⁶Moreover, the LORD said, "Because the daughters of Zion are proud And walk with outstretched necks and seductive (flirtatious, alluring) eyes, And trip along with mincing steps and an affected gait And walk with jingling[3] anklets on their feet,

¹⁷Therefore the Lord will afflict the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion with scabs [making them bald], And the LORD will expose their foreheads (send them into captivity)."

¹⁸In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, [braided] caps, crescent [head] ornaments,

¹⁹dangling earrings, bracelets, and the hanging veils and scarves,

²⁰head wraps (turbans), [short, jingling] ankle chains, sashes, perfume boxes, amulets (charms),

²¹signet [finger] rings, nose rings,

²²festival robes, outer tunics, shawls, handbags,

²³hand mirrors, [fine linen] undergarments, headbands, and veils [covering the entire body].

²⁴Now it will come to pass that instead of the sweet fragrance of spices there will be [the stench of] rottenness; Instead of a belt, a rope; Instead of well-set hair, baldness; Instead of fine clothes, a robe of sackcloth; And branding [of captives by the scorching heat] instead of beauty.

²⁵Your men will fall by the sword And your mighty men in battle.

²⁶And Jerusalem's gates will lament (cry out in grief) and mourn [as those who wail for the dead]; And she, being ruined and desolate, will sit upon the ground.