Isaiah 3:1-7

Common English Bible

Your leaders mislead you

3 Now the Lord God of heavenly forces is removing from Jerusalem and from Judah every form of support:

    all rations of food and water;
²    soldier and warrior;
    judge and prophet;
    fortune-teller and elder;
³    commander and celebrity;
    counselor, clever craftsman, and cunning charmer.
⁴I will make youths their commanders;
    mischief makers will rule over them.
⁵The people will oppress each other,
    each one against the other, neighbor against neighbor.
    The young will bully the old,
    the rogue, and the respectable.

⁶Someone will seize a family member, saying, “You have clothing! You be our leader!
This mess will be your responsibility!”
⁷Someone else will cry out on that day,
    “I’m no healer!
    I have neither food nor clothing in my house!
    Don’t make me the leader of the people!”

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