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For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen;
    because their tongue and their doings are against Yahweh,
to provoke the eyes of his glory.
The look of their faces testify against them.
    They parade their sin like Sodom.
    They don’t hide it.
    Woe to their soul!
    For they have brought disaster upon themselves.
10 Tell the righteous “Good!”
    For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
11 Woe to the wicked!
    Disaster is upon them;
    for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.
12 As for my people, children are their oppressors,
    and women rule over them.
    My people, those who lead you cause you to err,
    and destroy the way of your paths.

13 Yahweh stands up to contend,
    and stands to judge the peoples.
14 Yahweh will enter into judgment with the elders of his people
    and their leaders:
    “It is you who have eaten up the vineyard.
    The plunder of the poor is in your houses.
15     What do you mean that you crush my people,
    and grind the face of the poor?” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.

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For Jerusalem has stumbled,
    and Judah has fallen
because their speech and their deeds are against Yahweh,
    defying the eyes of his glory.
The look on their faces testifies against them
    and they declare their sin like Sodom;
        they do not hide it.
Woe to their soul!
    For they have dealt out evil to themselves.
10 Tell the innocent[a] that it is good
    for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
11 Woe to the wicked![b] It is bad!
    For what is done by his hands will be done to him.
12 My people—children are their oppressors,
    and women rule over them.
My people, your leaders are misleading you,
    and they confuse the course of your paths.
13 Yahweh takes his stand to conduct a legal case
    and takes his stand to judge the peoples.
14 Yahweh enters into judgment with the elders of his people and its princes.
“And you! You have devoured the vineyard;
    the spoil of the poor is in your houses!
15 Why[c] do you crush my people
    and grind the face of the poor?”

declares[d] the Lord Yahweh of hosts.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 3:10 Singular
  2. Isaiah 3:11 Singular
  3. Isaiah 3:15 Literally “What to you”
  4. Isaiah 3:15 Literally “declaration of”