Isaiah 3:1-7
New American Standard Bible 1995
God Will Remove the Leaders
3 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;
2 (B)The mighty man and the warrior,
The judge and the prophet,
The diviner and the elder,
3 The captain of fifty and the honorable man,
The counselor and the expert artisan,
And the skillful enchanter.
4 And I will make mere (C)lads their princes,
And [e]capricious children will rule over them,
5 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.
6 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,”
7 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.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 3:1 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 3:1 Lit staff
- Isaiah 3:1 Lit staff
- Isaiah 3:1 Lit staff
- Isaiah 3:4 Lit arbitrary power will rule
- Isaiah 3:6 Lit hand
- Isaiah 3:7 Lit lift up his voice
- Isaiah 3:7 Lit binder of wounds
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