Isa 3 | ABEn | STEP | Behold, indeed the master, the lord of Hosts, he shall remove from Jerusalem and from Judea the prevailing man and prevailing woman; the strength of bread and the strength of water;

‏ Isaiah 3

CHAPTER 3 Judgment on Judea's Leadership

1 Behold, indeed the master, the lord of Hosts, he shall remove from Jerusalem and from Judea the prevailing man and prevailing woman; the strength of bread and the strength of water; 2 the giant and the one prevailing, and a man warrior, and magistrate, and prophet, and thinker, and old man, 3 and commander of fifty, and wonderful counselor, and wise architect, and discerning listener. 4 And I will set young men as their rulers; and mockers will lord over them. 5 And [³will be downcast ¹the ²people]; man against man, even a man will be against his neighbor; [³will strike ¹the ²boy] against the old man; the one without honor against the important. 6 For [²shall take hold of ¹a man] his brother, or a member of the family of his father, saying, [²a garment ¹You have], [³chief ¹you become ²our]; and [³food needs ²my ⁵under ⁶you ¹let ⁴be]! 7 And answering in that day, he will say, I will not be your chief, [³no ¹for ⁵in ⁶my house ²there is ⁴bread], nor a garment; I will not be a chief of this people. 8 For Jerusalem is forsaken, and Judea is cast down, and their tongues speak with lawlessness the things against the lord, resisting persuasion. 9 Because now [²was abased ¹their glory], and the shame of their face withstood them, and [²their sin ³as ⁴Sodom ¹they announced], and revealed it. Woe to their soul, because they consulted [²counsel ¹wicked] against themselves; 10 having said, We should bind the just, for [²inconvenient ³to us ¹he is]; therefore the produce of their works they shall eat. 11 Woe to the lawless one; evils according to the works of his hands shall come to pass against him. 12 O my people, your exactors glean you, and the ones exacting lord over you; O my people, the ones declaring you blessed mislead you, and [²the ³roads ⁴of your feet ¹they disturb]. 13 But now [²will place ³in ⁴judgment ¹the lord], and will stand [²in ³judgment ¹his people]. 14 The lord himself [²for ³judgment ¹shall come] with the elders of the people, and with his rulers. But you, why did you set on fire my vineyard, and the seizure of the poor is in your houses? 15 Why do you wrong my people, and [²the ³face ⁴of the ⁵poor ¹disgrace], says the lord, the Lord of the militaries?

Judgment on the Daughters of Zion

16 Thus says the lord, Because [⁴are haughty ¹the ²daughters ³of Zion], and they go with a high neck, and with the beckon of the eyes, and their goings with their feet together, dragging their inner garments, and their feet [²together ¹playing]; 17 therefore [²will abase ¹the lord] the ruling daughters of Zion; and the lord will uncover their condition. 18 In that day even the lord will remove the glory of their clothes, and the fringes, and the crescents, 19 and the necklace, and the ornament of their face, 20 and the array of the ornament of glory, and the armlets, and the bracelets, and the wreaths, and the rings, and the right armbands, 21 and the ear-rings, and the objects edged with purple, and the purple ornamentations, 22 and the cloths for the house, and the transparencies of Lakonika, 23 and the fine linens, and the ones of blue, and scarlet, and the linen [²with ³gold ⁴and ⁵blue ¹being interwoven], and the lightweight coverings for divans. 24 And there will be [²instead of ⁴scent ³an agreeable ¹a cloud of dust]; and instead of a belt, [²with a rough cord ¹you shall tie around]; and instead of the [²ornament ³for the ⁴head ¹gold], [²baldness ¹you shall have] on account of your works; and instead of the inner garment of purple ornamentation, you shall gird on sackcloth. 25 And [³son ¹your ²best] whom you love [²by the sword ¹shall fall]; and your strong ones [²by the sword ¹shall fall], and they shall be abased. 26 And [⁴shall mourn ¹the ²cases ³of your ornamentation]; and you shall be left behind alone; and into the earth you shall be dashed.