Isaiah 3:13-4:6

New King James Version

Oppression and Luxury Condemned

¹³The Lord stands up ^(A)to ^[a]plead,
And stands to judge the people.
¹⁴The Lord will enter into judgment
With the elders of His people
And His princes:
“For you have ^[b]eaten up ^(B)the vineyard;
The plunder of the poor is in your houses.
¹⁵What do you mean by ^(C)crushing My people
And grinding the faces of the poor?”
Says the Lord God of hosts.

¹⁶Moreover the Lord says:

“Because the daughters of Zion are haughty,
And walk with ^[c]outstretched necks
And ^[d]wanton eyes,
Walking and ^[e]mincing as they go,
Making a jingling with their feet,
¹⁷Therefore the Lord will strike with ^(D)a scab
The crown of the head of the daughters of Zion,
And the Lord will ^(E)uncover their secret parts.”

¹⁸In that day the Lord will take away the finery:
The jingling anklets, the ^[f]scarves, and the ^(F)crescents;
¹⁹The pendants, the bracelets, and the veils;
²⁰The headdresses, the leg ornaments, and the headbands;
The perfume boxes, the charms,
²¹    and the rings;
The nose jewels,
²²    the festal apparel, and the mantles;
The outer garments, the purses,
²³    and the mirrors;
The fine linen, the turbans, and the robes.

²⁴And so it shall be:

Instead of a sweet smell there will be a stench;
Instead of a sash, a rope;
Instead of well-set hair, ^(G)baldness;
Instead of a rich robe, a girding of sackcloth;
And ^[g]branding instead of beauty.
²⁵Your men shall fall by the sword,
And your ^[h]mighty in the war.

²⁶^(H)Her gates shall lament and mourn,
And she being desolate ^(I)shall sit on the ground.

Jerusalem’s Glorious Future

4 And ^(J)in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying,
“We will ^(K)eat our own food and wear our own apparel;
Only let us be called by your name,
To take away ^(L)our reproach.”

The Renewal of Zion

²In that day ^(M)the Branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious;
And the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and appealing
For those of Israel who have escaped.

³And it shall come to pass that he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem ^(N)will be called holy—everyone who is ^(O)recorded among the living in Jerusalem. ⁴When ^(P)the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and purged the ^[i]blood of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning, ⁵then the Lord will create above every dwelling place of Mount Zion, and above her assemblies, ^(Q)a cloud and smoke by day and ^(R)the shining of a flaming fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a ^[j]covering. ⁶And there will be a tabernacle for shade in the daytime from the heat, ^(S)for a place of refuge, and for a shelter from storm and rain.