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Isaiah 3:1-7
Modern English Version

Judgment on Judah and Jerusalem

3 For now the Lord,
    the Lord of Hosts,
takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah
    the stock and the store,
the whole supply of bread, and the whole supply of water;
2     the mighty man and the man of war,
the judge and the prophet,
    and the prudent and the ancient,
3 the captain of fifty and the honorable man,
    the counselor and the skillful artisan, and the eloquent orator.

4 I will give youths to be their princes,
    and unweaned children shall rule over them.

5 The people shall be oppressed,
    every one by another, and every one by his neighbor;
the youth shall behave himself proudly against the elder,
    and the inferior against the honorable.

6 When a man shall take hold of his brother
    in the house of his father saying,
“You have clothing; be our ruler,
    and let this ruin be under your power,”
7 in that day he shall swear saying,
    “I will not be a healer.
For in my house is neither bread nor clothing;
    do not make me a ruler of the people.”

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Isaiah 3:1-7
American Standard Version

3 For, behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water; 2 the mighty man, and the man of war; the judge, and the prophet, and the diviner, and the elder; 3 the captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counsellor, and the expert [a]artificer, and the skilful enchanter. 4 And I will give children to be their princes, and [b]babes shall rule over them. 5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable. 6 When a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our [c]ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand; 7 in that day shall he lift up his voice, saying, I will not be [d]a healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: ye shall not make me ruler of the people.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 3:3 Or, charmer
  2. Isaiah 3:4 Or, with childishness shall they rule over them
  3. Isaiah 3:6 Or, judge
  4. Isaiah 3:7 Hebrew a binder up.
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