Isaiah 3:13-4:6

English Standard Version

¹³The Lord ^(A)has taken his place to contend;
    he stands to judge peoples.
¹⁴The Lord will enter into judgment
    with the ^(B)elders and princes of his people:
“It is you who ^(C)have devoured^[a] the vineyard,
    ^(D)the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
¹⁵What do you mean by ^(E)crushing my people,
    by grinding the face of the poor?”
declares the Lord God of hosts.

¹⁶The Lord said:
^(F)Because ^(G)the daughters of Zion are haughty
    and walk with outstretched necks,
    glancing wantonly with their eyes,
mincing along as they go,
    ^(H)tinkling with their feet,
¹⁷therefore the Lord ^(I)will strike with a scab
    the heads of ^(J)the daughters of Zion,
    and the Lord will lay bare their secret parts.

¹⁸In that day the Lord will take away ^(K)the finery of the anklets, the ^(L)headbands, and the ^(M)crescents; ¹⁹the pendants, the bracelets, and the scarves; ²⁰the ^(N)headdresses, the armlets, the sashes, the perfume boxes, and the amulets; ²¹the signet rings and ^(O)nose rings; ²²the ^(P)festal robes, the mantles, the cloaks, and the handbags; ²³the mirrors, the linen garments, the turbans, and the veils.

²⁴Instead of ^(Q)perfume there will be rottenness;
    and instead of a ^(R)belt, a rope;
and instead of ^(S)well-set hair, ^(T)baldness;
    and instead of a rich robe, a ^(U)skirt of sackcloth;
    and ^(V)branding instead of beauty.
²⁵Your men shall fall by the sword
    and your mighty men in battle.
²⁶And ^(W)her gates shall lament and mourn;
    empty, she shall ^(X)sit on the ground.

4 ^(Y)And seven women ^(Z)shall take hold of ^(AA)one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; ^(AB)take away our reproach.”

The Branch of the Lord Glorified

²In that day ^(AC)the branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious, and ^(AD)the fruit of the land shall be the pride and honor of the survivors of Israel. ³^(AE)And he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called ^(AF)holy, everyone who has ^(AG)been recorded for life in Jerusalem, ⁴when ^(AH)the Lord shall have washed away the filth of ^(AI)the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by ^(AJ)a spirit of burning.^[b] ⁵Then the Lord will create over the whole site of Mount Zion and over her assemblies ^(AK)a cloud by day, and smoke and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory there will be ^(AL)a canopy. ⁶^(AM)There will be a ^(AN)booth for shade by day from the heat, and ^(AO)for a refuge and a shelter from the storm and rain.