Isaiah 3:1-5

English Standard Version

Judgment on Judah and Jerusalem

3 For behold, the ^(A)Lord God of hosts
    is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah
support and supply,^[a]
    all ^(B)support of bread,
    and all support of water;
²^(C)the mighty man and the soldier,
    the judge and the prophet,
    the diviner and the elder,
³the captain of fifty
    and the man of rank,
the counselor and the skillful magician
    and the expert in charms.
⁴^(D)And I will make boys their princes,
    and infants^[b] shall rule over them.
⁵^(E)And the people will oppress one another,
    every one his fellow
    and every one his neighbor;
the youth will be insolent to the elder,
    and the despised to the honorable.

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Isaiah 3:1 Hebrew staff
Isaiah 3:4 Or caprice

Isaiah 3:9-12

English Standard Version

⁹For the look on their faces bears witness against them;
    they proclaim their sin ^(A)like Sodom;
    they do not hide it.
Woe to them!
    ^(B)For they have brought evil on themselves.
¹⁰^(C)Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them,
    ^(D)for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
¹¹^(E)Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him,
    for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.
¹²My people—^(F)infants are their oppressors,
    and women rule over them.
O my people, ^(G)your guides mislead you
    and they have swallowed up^[a] the course of your paths.