Isaiah 3:1-7

GOD’S WORD Translation

The Lord’s Judgment on Sinners in Zion

3 See now, the Lord, the Lord of Armies,
is going to take from Jerusalem and Judah
every kind of support
and their entire supply of food and water.
²⌞He will take their⌟ heroes and soldiers,
judges and prophets,
fortunetellers and statesmen,
³military leaders and civilian leaders,
counselors, skilled workers, and experts in magic.

⁴“I will make boys their leaders.
Children will govern them.”

⁵People will oppress each other,
and everyone will oppress his neighbor.
The young will make fun of the old,
and common people will make fun of their superiors.
⁶A person will grab one of his relatives
from his father’s family and say,
“You have a coat.
You’ll be our leader.
This pile of ruins will be under your control.”
⁷When that day comes the relative will cry out,
“I’m not a doctor!
I don’t have any food or a coat in my home.
Don’t make me a leader of our family.”