Book of Isaiah, Chapter 3
Chapter 3 of Isaiah
is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah
stay and staff,
the whole stay of bread,
and the whole stay of water;
the judge and the prophet,
the diviner and the elder,
and the man of rank,
the counselor and the skilful magician
and the expert in charms.
and babes shall rule over them.
every man his fellow
and every man his neighbor;
the youth will be insolent to the elder,
and the base fellow to the honorable.
in the house of his father, saying:
“You have a mantle;
you shall be our leader,
and this heap of ruins
shall be under your rule”;
“I will not be a healer;
in my house there is neither bread nor mantle;
you shall not make me
leader of the people.”
and Judah has fallen;
because their speech and their deeds are against the LORD,
defying his glorious presence.
they proclaim their sin like Sodom,
they do not hide it.
Woe to them!
For they have brought evil upon themselves.
for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
for what his hands have done shall be done to him.
and women rule over them.
O my people, your leaders mislead you,
and confuse the course of your paths.
he stands to judge his people.[a]
with the elders and princes of his people:
“It is you who have devoured the vineyard,
the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
by grinding the face of the poor?”
says the Lord GOD of hosts.
Because the daughters of Zion are haughty
and walk with outstretched necks,
glancing wantonly with their eyes,
mincing along as they go,
tinkling with their feet;
the heads of the daughters of Zion,
and the LORD will lay bare their secret parts.
and instead of a girdle, a rope;
and instead of well-set hair, baldness;
and instead of a rich robe, a girding of sackcloth;
instead of beauty, shame.[b]
and your mighty men in battle.
ravaged, she shall sit upon the ground.FOOTNOTES
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