Isaiah 3
The LORD's Judgment on Judah and Jerusalem |
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For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from
Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole
stay of water,
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the mighty man, and the man of war, the
judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,
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the captain of fifty, and the honorable
man, and the counselor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent
orator.
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And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
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And the people shall be oppressed, every
one by another, and every one by his neighbor: the child shall
behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the
honorable.
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When a man shall take hold of his
brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast
clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:
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in that day shall he swear, saying, I
will not be a healer; for in my house is neither bread nor
clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.
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For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is
fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the
LORD, to provoke the eyes of his
glory.
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The show of their countenance doth
witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto
themselves.
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Say ye to the righteous, that it shall
be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their
doings.
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Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given
him.
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As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people,
they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way
of thy paths.
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The LORD standeth
up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.
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The LORD will enter
into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes
thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
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What mean ye that ye beat my
people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord
GOD of hosts.
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Judgment on the
Daughters of Zion |
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Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with
stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
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therefore the Lord will smite with a scab
the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts.
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In that day the Lord will take away the
bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the
moon,
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the chains, and the bracelets, and the
mufflers,
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the bonnets, and the ornaments of the
legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the
earrings,
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the rings, and nose jewels,
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the changeable suits of apparel, and the
mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins,
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the glasses, and the fine linen, and the
hoods, and the veils.
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And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle
a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a
stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of
beauty.
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Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy
mighty in the war.
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And her gates shall lament and mourn; and
she being desolate shall sit upon the
ground.
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