Isaiah 3
1 Look! The Lord, the LORD of Hosts, is about to take away from Jerusalem and Judah every support and supply—every support of bread and every support of water,
2 the warrior and the soldier, the judge and the prophet, the diviner and the elder,
3 the captain of fifty and the respected man, the counselor, the skilled craftsman, and the expert enchanter.
4 I will make boys their leaders, and children will rule over them.
5 The people will oppress one another, each person his neighbor; the boy will rise up against the old man, and the lowly against the honored.
6 A man will grab his brother in his father’s house and say, “You have a cloak; be our leader, and let this ruin be under your hand.”
7 That day he will answer, “I am no healer; there is no bread or cloak in my house. Do not make me leader of the people.”
8 For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, because their words and deeds are against the LORD, defying the eyes of his glory.
9 The look on their faces testifies against them; they announce their sin like Sodom and hide nothing. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster on themselves!
10 Tell the righteous that things will go well for him, for they will eat the fruit of their deeds.
11 Woe to the wicked! Disaster will come to him, for what his hands have done will be repaid to him.
12 O my people, their oppressors are children, and women rule over them. O my people, your guides mislead you and swallow up the path you walk.
13 The LORD rises to accuse; he stands to judge the peoples.
14 The LORD enters into judgment with the elders of his people and their leaders: “You have devoured the vineyard; what you have stolen from the poor is in your houses.
15 Why do you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
16 The LORD said: “Because the daughters of Zion are proud, walking with their necks stretched out and their eyes making passes, taking short steps and making their ankle ornaments jingle,”
17 the Lord will cover the crowns of the daughters of Zion with sores; the LORD will expose their foreheads.
18 On that day the Lord will take away the finery of their ankle ornaments, headbands, and crescent-shaped ornaments,
19 the earrings, bracelets, and veils,
20 the headdresses, ankle chains, sashes, perfume bottles, and charms,
21 the rings and nose rings,
22 the festive clothes, cloaks, wraps, and purses,
23 the mirrors, linen garments, turbans, and shawls.
24 Then, instead of perfume there will be decay; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of braided hair, baldness; instead of festive clothes, sackcloth; instead of beauty, a brand.
25 Your men will fall by the sword, and your strength in battle.
26 Her gates will groan and mourn; stripped bare, she will sit on the ground.
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