Isaiah 3

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¹ Now the Lord Yahweh Sabaoth is about to deprive Jerusalem and Judah of resources and provisions --al reserves of food, al reserves of water-	¹ For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,
² of hero, warrior, judge, prophet, diviner, elder,	² The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,
³ captain, dignitary, counsellor, architect, soothsayer.	³ The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counseller, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
⁴ 'I shal give them boys for princes, raw lads to rule over them.'	⁴ And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
⁵ People will be il -treated by one another, each by his neighbour; the young wil insult the aged, and thelow, the respected.	⁵ And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
⁶ Yes, a man wil catch hold of his brother in their father's house, to say, 'You have a cloak, so you beleader, and rule this heap of ruins.'	⁶ When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:
⁷ And, that day, the other wil protest, 'I am no healer; in my house there is neither food nor clothing; donot make me leader of the people.'	⁷ In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.
⁸ For Jerusalem has col apsed and Judah has fallen, because their words and deeds affront Yahweh andinsult his glorious gaze.	⁸ For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
⁹ Their complacency bears witness against them, they parade their sin like Sodom; they do not conceal it,al the worse for them, for they have hatched their own downfal .	⁹ The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.
¹⁰ Say, 'Blessed the upright, for he will feed on the fruit of his deeds;	¹⁰ Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
¹¹ woe to the wicked, it wil go il with him, for he will be treated as his actions deserve.'	¹¹ Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
¹² O my people, their oppressors pil age them and extortioners rule over them! O my people, your rulersmislead you and efface the paths you ought to fol ow!	¹² As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.
¹³ Yahweh has risen to accuse, is standing to pass judgement on the people.	¹³ The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.
¹⁴ Yahweh is about to try the elders and the princes of his people, 'You are the ones who have ravagedthe vineyard, the spoils of the poor are in your houses.	¹⁴ The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
¹⁵ By what right do you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor?' says the Lord Yahweh Sabaoth.	¹⁵ What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the LORD GOD of hosts.
¹⁶ Yahweh says: Because Zion's daughters are proud and walk with heads held high and enticing eyes --with mincing steps they go, jingling the bangles on their feet-	¹⁶ Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
¹⁷ the Lord will give Zion's daughters scabby heads, Yahweh will lay their foreheads bare.	¹⁷ Therefore the LORD will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts.
¹⁸ That day the Lord wil take away the ornamental chains, medallions, crescents,	¹⁸ In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon,
¹⁹ pendants, bracelets, trinkets,	¹⁹ The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,
²⁰ diadems, ankle-chains, necklaces, scent bottles, amulets,	²⁰ The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,
²¹ finger-rings, nose-rings,	²¹ The rings, and nose jewels,
²² party dresses, cloaks, scarves, purses,	²² The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins,
²³ mirrors, linen clothes, turbans and mantillas.	²³ The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.
²⁴ Then, instead of perfume, a stink; instead of belt, a rope, instead of hair elaborately dressed, a shavenscalp, instead of gorgeous clothes, sacking round the waist, and brand marks instead of beauty.	²⁴ And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.
²⁵ Your men wil fal by the sword, your warriors in battle,	²⁵ Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
²⁶ and her gates wil moan and mourn; she wil sit on the ground, deserted.	²⁶ And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.

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