Isaiah 3

Judgment on Judah and Jerusalem

1 For behold, the *ch. 1:24Lord God of hosts

is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah

support and supply,*3:1 Hebrew staff

all *Lev. 26:26;Ezek. 4:16support of bread,

and all support of water;

2 *2 Kgs. 24:14;Ezek. 17:13,14the mighty man and the soldier,

the judge and the prophet,

the diviner and the elder,

3 the captain of fifty

and the man of rank,

the counselor and the skillful magician

and the expert in charms.

4 *ver. 12;Eccles. 10:16And I will make boys their princes,

and infants*3:4 Or caprice shall rule over them.

5 *See Mic. 7:3-6And the people will oppress one another,

every one his fellow

and every one his neighbor;

the youth will be insolent to the elder,

and the despised to the honorable.

6 For *ch. 4:1a man will take hold of his brother

in the house of his father, saying:

"You have a cloak;

you shall be our leader,

and this heap of ruins

shall be under your rule";

7 in that day he will speak out, saying:

"I will not be a *[ch. 1:6]healer;*3:7 Hebrew binder of wounds

in my house there is neither bread nor cloak;

you shall not make me

leader of the people."

8 For Jerusalem has stumbled,

and Judah has fallen,

because their *See Ps. 73:9-11speech and their deeds are against the Lord,

*ch. 65:3defying his glorious presence.*3:8 Hebrew the eyes of his glory

9 For the look on their faces bears witness against them;

they proclaim their sin *Gen. 13:13;18:20;Ezek. 16:46,48,49like Sodom;

they do not hide it.

Woe to them!

*[Rom. 6:23]For they have brought evil on themselves.

10 *Eccles. 8:12;See Deut. 28:1-14Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them,

*Ps. 128:2for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

11 *Eccles. 8:13;See Deut. 28:15-68Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him,

for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.

12 My people—*ver. 4infants are their oppressors,

and women rule over them.

O my people, *See ch. 28:14-22your guides mislead you

and they have swallowed up*3:12 Or they have confused the course of your paths.

13 The Lord*Ps. 7:6;Hos. 4:1has taken his place to contend;

he stands to judge peoples.

14 The Lord will enter into judgment

with the *Mic. 3:1elders and princes of his people:

"It is you who *Ps. 14:4have devoured*3:14 Or grazed over; compare Exodus 22:5 the vineyard,

*Amos 3:10the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

15 What do you mean by *[Ps. 94:5]crushing my people,

by grinding the face of the poor?"

declares the Lord God of hosts.

16 The Lord said:

*See ch. 32:9-11Because *ch. 4:4;Song 3:11the daughters of Zion are haughty

and walk with outstretched necks,

glancing wantonly with their eyes,

mincing along as they go,

*ver. 18tinkling with their feet,

17 therefore the Lord *[Deut. 28:60] will strike with a scab

the heads of *[See ver. 16above]the daughters of Zion,

and the Lord will lay bare their secret parts.

18 In that day the Lord will take away *ver. 16the finery of the anklets, the *[1 Pet. 3:3] headbands, and the *Judg. 8:21,26crescents; 19 the pendants, the bracelets, and the scarves; 20 the *Ex. 39:28;Ezek. 24:17headdresses, the armlets, the sashes, the perfume boxes, and the amulets; 21 the signet rings and *Gen. 24:47;Ezek. 16:12nose rings; 22 the *[Luke 15:22]festal robes, the mantles, the cloaks, and the handbags; 23 the mirrors, the linen garments, the turbans, and the veils.

24 Instead of *[Esth. 2:12] perfume there will be rottenness;

and instead of a *Prov. 31:24belt, a rope;

and instead of *1 Pet. 3:3well-set hair, *ch. 15:2;22:12;Ezek. 27:31;Amos 8:10;Mic. 1:16baldness;

and instead of a rich robe, a *ch. 15:3;Gen. 37:34;Lam. 2:10skirt of sackcloth;

and *Lev. 19:28branding instead of beauty.

25 Your men shall fall by the sword

and your mighty men in battle.

26 And *Jer. 14:2;Lam. 1:4her gates shall lament and mourn;

empty, she shall *Job 2:13;Lam. 2:10sit on the ground.