Thematic Bible
Isaiah 3:1 (show verse)
Jehovah of Hosts, the Almighty (Ruler) (Sovereign) is going to take all support and supply of food and water from Jerusalem and Judah.
Isaiah 3:2 (show verse)
He will take their heroes and soldiers, judges and prophets, fortunetellers and statesmen,
Isaiah 3:3 (show verse)
military leaders and civilian leaders, counselors, skilled workers, and experts in magic.
Isaiah 3:4 (show verse)
I will make boys their leaders. Childish tyrants will govern them.
Isaiah 3:5 (show verse)
People will oppress each other. Everyone will harass his neighbor. The young will tyrannize the old. The common people will taunt their superiors.
Isaiah 3:6 (show verse)
A person will grab one of his relatives from his father's family and say: You have a coat. You will be our leader. This pile of ruins will be under your control.
Isaiah 3:7 (show verse)
Then the relative will cry out: I am not a healer! I do not have any food or a coat in my home. Do not make me a leader of the people.
Isaiah 3:8 (show verse)
Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, because what they say and what they do is against Jehovah! They are defiant in his honored presence.
Isaiah 3:9 (show verse)
The expression on their faces will be held against them. They boast about their sins! They are like those of the people of Sodom. They do not even bother to hide them. How horrible it will be for these people. They have brought disaster on themselves.
Isaiah 3:10 (show verse)
Tell the righteous that blessings will come to them. They will taste the fruit of their labor.
Isaiah 3:11 (show verse)
How horrible it will be for the wicked! Disaster will strike them. What they have done to others will be done to them.
Isaiah 3:12 (show verse)
Children oppress my people! Women rule over them. O My people! Those who guide you lead you astray. They confuse the direction of your paths.
Isaiah 3:13 (show verse)
Jehovah stands erect to assert his power. He stands to judge the people.
Isaiah 3:14 (show verse)
Jehovah enters into judgment with the elders and princes of his people: It is you who have devoured the vineyard. The plunder of the poor is in your houses.
Isaiah 3:15 (show verse)
What do you mean by crushing my people and grinding the face of the poor? Declares Jehovah of Hosts.
Isaiah 3:16 (show verse)
Jehovah also said: Because the daughters of Zion are proud and walk with heads held high and seductive eyes, and go along with mincing steps and tinkle the bangles on their feet,
Isaiah 3:17 (show verse)
Jehovah will cause sores to appear on the heads of the women of Zion. Jehovah will make their foreheads bare.
Isaiah 3:18 (show verse)
On that day Jehovah will take away their fine things: jingling anklets, headbands, crescent-shaped necklaces,
Isaiah 3:19 (show verse)
pendants, bracelets, scarves,
Isaiah 3:20 (show verse)
hats, ankle bracelets, blouses, perfume boxes, charms,
Isaiah 3:21 (show verse)
signet rings, nose rings,
Isaiah 3:22 (show verse)
fine robes, coats, shawls, purses,
Isaiah 3:23 (show verse)
mirrors, underwear, headdresses, and veils.
Isaiah 3:24 (show verse)
Instead of the smell of perfume, there will be the smell of decay. They will wear ropes instead of belts. They will have baldheads instead of beautiful hair. They will wear sackcloth instead of expensive clothes. Their beauty will be scarred with brand marks.
Isaiah 3:25 (show verse)
Your men will be killed by the sword, in war.
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Isaiah 3:26 (show verse)
Her (Zion's) gates will lament and mourn and she will sit on the ground deserted.