Isaiah 3

¹For, behold, the Lord, GOD of Hosts, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support,

the whole supply of bread,

and the whole supply of water;

²the mighty man,

the man of war,

the judge,

the prophet,

the diviner,

the elder,

³the captain of fifty,

the honorable man,

the counselor,

the skilled craftsman,

and the clever enchanter.

⁴I will give boys to be their princes,

and children shall rule over them.

⁵The people will be oppressed,

everyone by another,

and everyone by his neighbor.

The child will behave himself proudly against the old man,

and the wicked against the honorable.

⁶Indeed a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying,

“You have clothing, you be our ruler,

and let this ruin be under your hand.”

⁷In that day he will cry out, saying, “I will not be a healer;

for in my house is neither bread nor clothing.

You shall not make me ruler of the people.”

⁸For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen;

because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD,

to provoke the eyes of his glory.

⁹The look of their faces testify against them.

They parade their sin like Sodom.

They don’t hide it.

Woe to their soul!

For they have brought disaster upon themselves.

¹⁰Tell the righteous that it will be well with them,

for they will eat the fruit of their deeds.

¹¹Woe to the wicked!

Disaster is upon them,

for the deeds of their hands will be paid back to them.

¹²As for my people, children are their oppressors,

and women rule over them.

My people, those who lead you cause you to err,

and destroy the way of your paths.

¹³The LORD stands up to contend,

and stands to judge the peoples.

¹⁴The LORD will enter into judgment with the elders of his people

and their leaders:

“It is you who have eaten up the vineyard.

The plunder of the poor is in your houses.

¹⁵What do you mean that you crush my people,

and grind the face of the poor?” says the Lord, the LORD of Hosts.

¹⁶Moreover the LORD said, “Because the daughters of Zion are arrogant,

and walk with outstretched necks and flirting eyes,

walking daintily as they go,

jingling ornaments on their feet;

¹⁷therefore the Lord brings sores on the crown of the head of the women of Zion,

and the LORD will make their scalps bald.”

¹⁸In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, the headbands, the crescent necklaces, ¹⁹the earrings, the bracelets, the veils, ²⁰the headdresses, the ankle chains, the sashes, the perfume containers, the charms, ²¹the signet rings, the nose rings, ²²the fine robes, the capes, the cloaks, the purses, ²³the hand mirrors, the fine linen garments, the tiaras, and the shawls.

²⁴It shall happen that instead of sweet spices, there shall be rottenness;

instead of a belt, a rope;

instead of well set hair, baldness;

instead of a robe, a wearing of sackcloth;

and branding instead of beauty.

²⁵Your men shall fall by the sword,

and your mighty in the war.

²⁶Her gates shall lament and mourn.

She shall be desolate and sit on the ground.