Isaiah 3:8-20

New American Standard Bible

⁸ For ^(A)Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen,
Because their ^[a](B)speech and their actions are against the Lord,
To ^(C)rebel against ^[b]His glorious presence.
^9 [c]The expression of their faces testifies against them,
And they ^[d]display their sin like ^(D)Sodom;
They do not even conceal it.
Woe to ^[e]them!
For they have ^(E)done evil to themselves.
¹⁰ Say to the ^(F)righteous that it will go well for them,
For they will eat the fruit of their actions.
¹¹ Woe to the wicked! It will go badly for him,
For ^[f](G)what he deserves will be done to him.
¹² My people! Their oppressors ^(H)treat them violently,
And women rule over them.
My people! ^(I)Those who guide you lead you astray
And confuse the direction of your paths.

^13 (J)The Lord arises to contend,
And stands to judge the people.
¹⁴ The Lord ^(K)enters into judgment with the elders and leaders of His people,
“It is you who have ^[g](L)devoured the vineyard;
The ^(M)goods stolen from the poor are in your houses.
¹⁵ What do you mean by ^(N)crushing My people
And ^[h]oppressing the face of the poor?”
Declares the Lord ^[i]God of armies.

¹⁶ Moreover, the Lord said, “Because the ^(O)daughters of Zion are haughty
And walk with ^[j]heads held high and seductive eyes,
And go along with mincing steps
And jingle the anklets on their feet,
¹⁷ The Lord will afflict the scalp of the daughters of Zion with scabs,
And the Lord will make their foreheads bare.”