Isaiah 3

¹For behold , the Lord God of hosts is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah support and supply , all support of bread , and all support of water ;

²the 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 .

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

⁵And 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 .

⁶For 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 ;

⁷in that day he will speak out , saying : I will not be a healer ; in my house there is neither bread nor cloak ; you shall not make me leader of the people .

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

⁹For the look on their faces bears witness against them; they proclaim their sin like Sodom ; they do not hide it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil on themselves .

¹⁰Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds .

¹¹Woe to the wicked ! It shall be ill with him, for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.

¹²My people — infants are their oppressors , and women rule over them. O my people , your guides mislead you and they have swallowed up the course of your paths .

¹³The Lord has taken his place to contend ; he stands to judge peoples .

¹⁴The Lord will enter into judgment with the elders and princes of his people : It is you who have devoured the vineyard , the spoil of the poor is in your houses .

¹⁵What do you mean by crushing my people , by grinding the face of the poor ? declares the Lord God of hosts .

¹⁶The Lord said : Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with outstretched necks , glancing wantonly with their eyes , mincing along as they go , tinkling with their feet ,

¹⁷therefore the Lord will strike with a scab the heads of the daughters of Zion , and the Lord will lay bare their secret parts .

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

¹⁹the pendants , the bracelets , and the scarves ;

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

²¹the signet rings and nose rings ;

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

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

²⁴Instead of perfume there will be rottenness ; and instead of a belt , a rope ; and instead of well-set hair , baldness ; and instead of a rich robe , a skirt of sackcloth ; and branding instead of beauty .

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

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