Isaiah 3:8-15

GOD’S WORD Translation

⁸ Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen,
because what they say and what they do is against the Lord.
They are defiant in his honored presence.
⁹ The look on their faces will be held against them.
They boast about their sins,
which are like ⌞those of the people of⌟ Sodom.
They don’t even bother to hide them.
How horrible it will be for these people,
because they have brought disaster on themselves.

¹⁰ Tell the righteous that blessings will come to them.
They will taste the fruit of their labor.

¹¹ How horrible it will be for the wicked! Disaster will strike them.
What they have done will be done to them.
¹² “Children will oppress my people.
Women will rule them.
My people, your guides mislead you,
and you don’t know which way to go.”
¹³ The Lord takes his place in the courtroom.
He stands to judge his people.
¹⁴ The Lord presents his case to the respected leaders
and the officials of his people:
“You have burned down the vineyard!
Your houses are filled with goods stolen from the poor.”
¹⁵ The Almighty Lord of Armies asks,
“How can you crush my people
and grind the faces of the poor ⌞into the ground⌟?”