Isaiah 3

¹ For look—the Lord, the LORD of Hosts,
is removing from Jerusalem and from Judah
every support and stay,
every support of bread
and every support of water:

² warrior and soldier,
judge and prophet,
diviner and elder,

³ captain of fifty and dignitary,
counselor and skilled artisan
and expert enchanter.

⁴ And I will make boys their princes,
and infants shall rule over them.

⁵ The people shall oppress one another,
each one against another,
each against his neighbor;
the young shall be insolent to the elder,
and the despised to the honored.

⁶ When a man takes hold of his brother
in his father's house, saying:
'You have a cloak—
you shall be our ruler,
and this ruin shall be under your hand'—

⁷ on that day he will cry out, saying:
'I will not be a healer;
in my house there is neither bread nor cloak.
Do not make me ruler of the people.'

⁸ For Jerusalem has stumbled
and Judah has fallen,
because their speech and their deeds are against the LORD,
defying his glorious presence.

⁹ The look on their faces testifies against them;
they declare their sin like Sodom—
they do not hide it.
Woe to them,
for they have brought evil upon themselves.

¹⁰ Say of the righteous that it is well,
for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

¹¹ Woe to the wicked—it is ill!
For what his hands have done shall be done to him.

¹² My people—children are their oppressors,
and women rule over them.
O my people, your leaders mislead you
and confuse the direction of your paths.

¹³ The LORD stands to contend;
he stands to judge peoples.

¹⁴ The LORD enters into judgment
with the elders of his people and their princes:
It is you who have devoured the vineyard;
the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

¹⁵ What do you mean by crushing my people
and grinding the face of the poor?
—utterance of the Lord, the LORD of Hosts.

¹⁶ The LORD said:
Because the daughters of Zion are haughty
and walk with outstretched necks,
ogling with their eyes,
mincing as they walk,
tinkling with their feet—

¹⁷ the Lord will strike with scabs
the heads of the daughters of Zion,
and the LORD will lay bare their foreheads.

¹⁸ On that day the Lord will take away the finery of the anklets, the headbands, and the crescents;

¹⁹ the pendants, the bracelets, and the veils;

²⁰ the headdresses, the armlets, the sashes, the perfume boxes, and the amulets;

²¹ the signet rings and the nose rings;

²² the festal robes, the mantles, the cloaks, and the purses;

²³ the mirrors, the linen garments, the turbans, and the shawls.

²⁴ Instead of perfume there shall be rot,
and instead of a sash, a rope,
and instead of styled hair, baldness,
and instead of a rich garment, a wrapping of sackcloth,
branding instead of beauty.

²⁵ Your men shall fall by the sword
and your warriors in battle.

²⁶ And her gates shall lament and mourn;
ravaged, she shall sit on the ground.