Isaiah 3

New American Standard Bible

3 For behold, the Lord ^[a]God of armies ^(A)is going to remove from Jerusalem and Judah
Both supply and support, the entire supply of bread
And the entire 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 esteemed person,
The counselor and the expert artisan,
And the skillful enchanter.
⁴ And I will make mere ^(C)boys their leaders,
And ^[b]mischievous 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 assault the elder,
And the contemptible person will assault the one honored.
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 ^[c]authority,”
⁷ He will ^[d]protest on that day, saying,
“I will not be your ^[e](G)healer,
For in my house there is neither bread nor cloak;
You should not appoint me ruler of the people.”
⁸ For ^(H)Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen,
Because their ^[f](I)speech and their actions are against the Lord,
To ^(J)rebel against ^[g]His glorious presence.
^9 [h]The expression of their faces testifies against them,
And they ^[i]display their sin like ^(K)Sodom;
They do not even conceal it.
Woe to ^[j]them!
For they have ^(L)done evil to themselves.
¹⁰ Say to the ^(M)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 ^[k](N)what he deserves will be done to him.
¹² My people! Their oppressors ^(O)treat them violently,
And women rule over them.
My people! ^(P)Those who guide you lead you astray
And confuse the direction of your paths.

^13 (Q)The Lord arises to contend,
And stands to judge the people.
¹⁴ The Lord ^(R)enters into judgment with the elders and leaders of His people,
“It is you who have ^[l](S)devoured the vineyard;
The ^(T)goods stolen from the poor are in your houses.
¹⁵ What do you mean by ^(U)crushing My people
And ^[m]oppressing the face of the poor?”
Declares the Lord ^[n]God of armies.

¹⁶ Moreover, the Lord said, “Because the ^(V)daughters of Zion are haughty
And walk with ^[o]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.”

²⁴ Now it will come about that instead of ^(Z)balsam oil there will be a stench;
Instead of a belt, a rope;
Instead of ^(AA)well-set hair, a ^(AB)plucked-out scalp;
Instead of fine clothes, a ^(AC)robe of sackcloth;
And branding instead of beauty.
²⁵ Your men will ^(AD)fall by the sword
And your ^[q]mighty ones in battle.
²⁶ And her ^[r](AE)gates will lament and mourn,
And she will ^(AF)sit deserted on the ground.