Isaiah 3

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Isaiah 3

God Will Remove the Leaders

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For behold, the Lord ^(a)God of hosts ^(A)is going to remove from Jerusalem and Judah
Both ^(b)supply and support, the whole ^(c)supply of bread
And the whole ^(d)supply of water;

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^(B)The mighty man and the warrior,
The judge and the prophet,
The diviner and the elder,

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The captain of fifty and the honorable man,
The counselor and the expert artisan,
And the skillful enchanter.

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And I will make mere ^(C)lads their princes,
And ^(e)capricious children will rule over them,

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And the people will be ^(D)oppressed,
Each one by another, and each one by his ^(E)neighbor;
The youth will storm against the elder
And the inferior against the honorable.

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When a man ^(F)lays hold of his brother in his father’s house, saying,
“You have a cloak, you shall be our ruler,
And these ruins will be under your ^(f)charge,”

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He will ^(g)protest on that day, saying,
“I will not be your ^(h)^(G)healer,
For in my house there is neither bread nor cloak;
You should not appoint me ruler of the people.”

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For ^(H)Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen,
Because their ⁽ⁱ⁾^(I)speech and their actions are against the Lord,
To ^(J)rebel against ^(j)His glorious presence.

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^(k)The expression of their faces bears witness against them,
And they display their sin like ^(K)Sodom;
They do not even conceal it.
Woe to ^(l)them!
For they have ^(L)brought evil on themselves.

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Say to the ^(M)righteous that it will go well with them,
For they will eat the fruit of their actions.

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Woe to the wicked! It will go badly with him,
For ^(m)^(N)what he deserves will be done to him.

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O My people! Their oppressors ⁽ⁿ⁾are ^(O)children,
And women rule over them.
O My people! ^(P)Those who guide you lead you astray
And confuse the direction of your paths.

God Will Judge

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^(Q)The Lord arises to contend,
And stands to judge the people.

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The Lord ^(R)enters into judgment with the elders and princes of His people,
“It is you who have ^(S)devoured the vineyard;
The ^(T)plunder of the poor is in your houses.

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“What do you mean by ^(U)crushing My people
And grinding the face of the poor?”
Declares the Lord ^(o)God of hosts.

Judah’s Women Denounced

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Moreover, the Lord said, “Because the ^(V)daughters of Zion are proud
And walk with ^(p)heads held high and seductive eyes,
And go along with mincing steps
And tinkle the bangles on their feet,

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Therefore the Lord will afflict the scalp of the daughters of Zion with scabs,
And the Lord will make their foreheads bare.”

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18} In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, headbands, ^(W)crescent ornaments, ^{Tools
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21} ^(q)finger rings, ^(Y)nose rings, ^{Tools
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23} hand mirrors, undergarments, turbans and veils.

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Now it will come about that instead of ^(r)sweet ^(Z)perfume there will be putrefaction;
Instead of a belt, a rope;
Instead of ^(AA)well-set hair, a ^(AB)plucked-out scalp;
Instead of fine clothes, a ^(AC)donning of sackcloth;
And branding instead of beauty.

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Your men will ^(AD)fall by the sword
And your ^(s)mighty ones in battle.

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And her ^(t)^(AE)gates will lament and mourn,
And deserted she will ^(AF)sit on the ground.

Footnotes:

a. Isaiah 3:1: ['Heb ', YHWH, ', usually rendered ', Lord]

b. Isaiah 3:1: ['Lit ', staff]

c. Isaiah 3:1: ['Lit ', staff]

d. Isaiah 3:1: ['Lit ', staff]

e. Isaiah 3:4: ['Lit ', arbitrary power will rule]

f. Isaiah 3:6: ['Lit ', hand]

g. Isaiah 3:7: ['Lit ', lift up his voice]

h. Isaiah 3:7: ['Lit ', binder of wounds]

i. Isaiah 3:8: ['Lit ', tongue]

j. Isaiah 3:8: ['Lit ', the eyes of His glory]

k. Isaiah 3:9: ['Or ', Their partiality bears]

l. Isaiah 3:9: ['Lit ', their soul]

m. Isaiah 3:11: ['Lit ', the dealing of his hands]

n. Isaiah 3:12: ['Or ', deal severely]

o. Isaiah 3:15: ['Heb ', YHWH, ', usually rendered ', Lord]

p. Isaiah 3:16: ['Lit ', outstretched necks]

q. Isaiah 3:21: ['Or ', signet rings]

r. Isaiah 3:24: ['Or ', balsam oil]

s. Isaiah 3:25: ['Lit ', strength]

t. Isaiah 3:26: ['Lit ', entrances]

Cross references:

A. Isaiah 3:1: Leviticus 26:26; Isaiah 5:13; Isaiah 9:20; Ezekiel 4:16

B. Isaiah 3:2: Isaiah 9:14; Isaiah 9:15; Ezekiel 17:12; Ezekiel 17:13

D. Isaiah 3:5: Micah 7:3-6

E. Isaiah 3:5: Isaiah 9:19; Jeremiah 9:3-8

F. Isaiah 3:6: Isaiah 4:1

G. Isaiah 3:7: Ezekiel 34:4; Hosea 5:13

H. Isaiah 3:8: Isaiah 1:7; Isaiah 6:11

I. Isaiah 3:8: Psalm 73:9-11; Isaiah 9:17; Isaiah 59:3

J. Isaiah 3:8: Isaiah 65:3

K. Isaiah 3:9: Genesis 13:13; Isaiah 1:10-15

L. Isaiah 3:9: Proverbs 8:36; Proverbs 15:32; Romans 6:23

M. Isaiah 3:10: Deuteronomy 28:1-14; Isaiah 54:17

N. Isaiah 3:11: Deuteronomy 28:15-68; Isaiah 65:6; Isaiah 65:7

O. Isaiah 3:12: Isaiah 3:4

P. Isaiah 3:12: Isaiah 9:16; Isaiah 28:14; Isaiah 28:15

Q. Isaiah 3:13: Isaiah 66:16; Hosea 4:1; Micah 6:2

R. Isaiah 3:14: Job 22:4; Psalm 143:2; Ezekiel 20:35; Ezekiel 20:36

S. Isaiah 3:14: Psalm 14:4; Micah 3:3

T. Isaiah 3:14: Job 24:9; Job 24:14; Psalm 10:9; Proverbs 30:14; Isaiah 10:1; Isaiah 10:2; Ezekiel 18:12; James 2:6

U. Isaiah 3:15: Psalm 94:5

V. Isaiah 3:16: Song of Solomon 3:11; Isaiah 3:16; Isaiah 3:4; Isaiah 32:9-15

W. Isaiah 3:18: Judges 8:21; Judges 8:26

X. Isaiah 3:20: Exodus 39:28

Y. Isaiah 3:21: Genesis 24:47; Ezekiel 16:12

Z. Isaiah 3:24: Esther 2:12

AA. Isaiah 3:24: 1 Peter 3:3

AB. Isaiah 3:24: Isaiah 22:12; Ezekiel 27:31; Amos 8:10

AC. Isaiah 3:24: Isaiah 15:3; Lamentations 2:10

AD. Isaiah 3:25: Isaiah 1:20; Isaiah 65:12

AE. Isaiah 3:26: Jeremiah 14:2; Lamentations 1:4

AF. Isaiah 3:26: Lamentations 2:10