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For (A)Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen,
Because their (B)tongue and their deeds are against Yahweh,
To (C)rebel against [a]His glorious presence.
[b]The expression of their faces answers against them,
And they declare their sin like (D)Sodom;
They do not even conceal it.
Woe to their soul!
For they have (E)dealt out evil on themselves.
10 Say to the (F)righteous that it will go well with them,
For they will eat the fruit of their deeds.
11 Woe to the wicked! It will go badly with him,
For [c](G)what he has dealt out will be done to him.
12 O My people! Their taskmasters [d]are (H)infants,
And women rule over them.
O My people! (I)Those who guide you lead you astray
And swallow up the way of your paths.

13 (J)Yahweh takes His stand to contend,
And stands to judge the peoples.
14 Yahweh (K)enters into judgment with the elders of His people and His princes,
“It is you who have (L)consumed the vineyard;
The (M)plunder robbed of the afflicted is in your houses.
15 What do you mean by (N)crushing My people
And grinding the face of the afflicted?”
Declares Lord Yahweh of hosts.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 3:8 Lit the eyes of His glory
  2. Isaiah 3:9 Or Their partiality
  3. Isaiah 3:11 Lit the dealing of his hands
  4. Isaiah 3:12 Or deal severely

For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen; because their tongue and their doings are against Jehovah, to provoke the eyes of his glory. [a]The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have done evil unto themselves. 10 Say ye of the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. 11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him. 12 As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they that lead thee cause thee to err, and [b]destroy the way of thy paths.

13 Jehovah standeth up to contend, and standeth to judge the [c]peoples. 14 Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and the princes thereof: It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses: 15 what mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 3:9 Or, Their respecting of persons doth etc.
  2. Isaiah 3:12 Hebrew swallow up.
  3. Isaiah 3:13 Or, people