Isaiah 3 - English Standard Version (ESV)

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,
3 the 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.

6 For (F)a man will take hold of his brother
in the house of his father, saying:
“You have a cloak;
you shall be our leader,
and this heap of ruins
shall be under your rule”;
7 in that day he will speak out, saying:
“I will not be a (G)healer;[c]
in my house there is neither bread nor cloak;
you shall not make me
leader of the people.”
8 For Jerusalem has stumbled,
and Judah has fallen,
because their (H)speech and their deeds are against the Lord,
(I)defying his glorious presence.[d]

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

13 The Lord (Q)has taken his place to contend;
he stands to judge peoples.
14 The Lord will enter into judgment
with the (R)elders and princes of his people:
“It is you who (S)have devoured[f] the vineyard,
(T)the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
15 What do you mean by (U)crushing my people,
by grinding the face of the poor?”
declares the Lord God of hosts.

16 The Lord said:
(V)Because (W)the daughters of Zion are haughty
and walk with outstretched necks,
glancing wantonly with their eyes,
mincing along as they go,
(X)tinkling with their feet,
17 therefore the Lord (Y)will strike with a scab
the heads of (Z)the daughters of Zion,
and the Lord will lay bare their secret parts.

18 In that day the Lord will take away (AA)the finery of the anklets, the (AB)headbands, and the (AC)crescents; 19 the pendants, the bracelets, and the scarves; 20 the (AD)headdresses, the armlets, the sashes, the perfume boxes, and the amulets; 21 the signet rings and (AE)nose rings; 22 the (AF)festal robes, the mantles, the cloaks, and the handbags; 23 the mirrors, the linen garments, the turbans, and the veils.

24 Instead of (AG)perfume there will be rottenness;
and instead of a (AH)belt, a rope;
and instead of (AI)well-set hair, (AJ)baldness;
and instead of a rich robe, a (AK)skirt of sackcloth;
and (AL)branding instead of beauty.
25 Your men shall fall by the sword
and your mighty men in battle.
26 And (AM)her gates shall lament and mourn;
empty, she shall (AN)sit on the ground.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 3:1 Hebrew staff
  2. Isaiah 3:4 Or caprice
  3. Isaiah 3:7 Hebrew binder of wounds
  4. Isaiah 3:8 Hebrew the eyes of his glory
  5. Isaiah 3:12 Or they have confused
  6. Isaiah 3:14 Or grazed over; compare Exodus 22:5

Cross references

  1. Isaiah 3:1 : ch. 1:24
  2. Isaiah 3:1 : Lev. 26:26; Ezek. 4:16
  3. Isaiah 3:2 : 2 Kgs. 24:14; Ezek. 17:13, 14
  4. Isaiah 3:4 : ver. 12; Eccles. 10:16
  5. Isaiah 3:5 : See Mic. 7:3-6
  6. Isaiah 3:6 : ch. 4:1
  7. Isaiah 3:7 : [ch. 1:6]
  8. Isaiah 3:8 : See Ps. 73:9-11
  9. Isaiah 3:8 : ch. 65:3
  10. Isaiah 3:9 : Gen. 13:13; 18:20; Ezek. 16:46, 48, 49
  11. Isaiah 3:9 : [Rom. 6:23]
  12. Isaiah 3:10 : Eccles. 8:12; See Deut. 28:1-14
  13. Isaiah 3:10 : Ps. 128:2
  14. Isaiah 3:11 : Eccles. 8:13; See Deut. 28:15-68
  15. Isaiah 3:12 : ver. 4
  16. Isaiah 3:12 : See ch. 28:14-22
  17. Isaiah 3:13 : Ps. 7:6; Hos. 4:1
  18. Isaiah 3:14 : Mic. 3:1
  19. Isaiah 3:14 : Ps. 14:4
  20. Isaiah 3:14 : Amos 3:10
  21. Isaiah 3:15 : [Ps. 94:5]
  22. Isaiah 3:16 : See ch. 32:9-11
  23. Isaiah 3:16 : ch. 4:4; Song 3:11
  24. Isaiah 3:16 : ver. 18
  25. Isaiah 3:17 : [Deut. 28:60]
  26. Isaiah 3:17 : [See ver. 16 above]; ch. 4:4; Song 3:11
  27. Isaiah 3:18 : ver. 16
  28. Isaiah 3:18 : [1 Pet. 3:3]
  29. Isaiah 3:18 : Judg. 8:21, 26
  30. Isaiah 3:20 : Ex. 39:28; Ezek. 24:17
  31. Isaiah 3:21 : Gen. 24:47; Ezek. 16:12
  32. Isaiah 3:22 : [Luke 15:22]
  33. Isaiah 3:24 : [Esth. 2:12]
  34. Isaiah 3:24 : Prov. 31:24
  35. Isaiah 3:24 : 1 Pet. 3:3
  36. Isaiah 3:24 : ch. 15:2; 22:12; Ezek. 27:31; Amos 8:10; Mic. 1:16
  37. Isaiah 3:24 : ch. 15:3; Gen. 37:34; Lam. 2:10
  38. Isaiah 3:24 : Lev. 19:28
  39. Isaiah 3:26 : Jer. 14:2; Lam. 1:4
  40. Isaiah 3:26 : Job 2:13; Lam. 2:10

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