Isaiah 3

Leaders of Judah and Jerusalem

1For look, the Lord Yahweh of hosts is removing every source of support[#Literally “supplies and supplies”]

all of the supplies of bread

2mighty warrior and man of war,

3captain of fifty and the honorable men of rank,

4And I will make boys their princes,

5And the people will be oppressed by each other[#Literally “man by man”]

The boy will act arrogantly toward the elder,

6Indeed, a man will seize his brother

“You have a cloak;

7He will lift up his voice on that day, saying,

“I will not be a healer;

8For Jerusalem has stumbled,

because their speech and their deeds are against Yahweh,

9The look on their faces testifies against them

Woe to their soul!

10Tell the innocent that it is good[#Singular]

11Woe to the wicked! It is bad![#Singular]

12My people—children are their oppressors,

My people, your leaders are misleading you,

13Yahweh takes his stand to conduct a legal case

14Yahweh enters into judgment with the elders of his people and its princes.

“And you! You have devoured the vineyard;

15Why do you crush my people[#Literally “What to you”]

declares the Lord Yahweh of hosts.

The Pride of Jerusalem’s Women

16And Yahweh said: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty,[#There are two Hebrew words for “because” here]

17the Lord will make the heads of the daughters of Zion scabby,[#Hebrew “head”]

18In that day the Lord will take away the finery of the anklets

19the pendants and the bracelets and the veils,

and the perfume boxes and the amulets,

22the festal robes and the mantles,

23and the mirrors and the linen garments,

24And this shall happen: There will be

and a rope instead of a sash,

and a clothing wrap of sackcloth instead of a rich robe,

25Your men shall fall by the sword,

26And her gates shall lament and mourn,[#That is, Jerusalem’s]

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