Isaiah Chapter 3
3:1 | For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from ![]() ![]() ![]() |
3:2 | The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, |
3:3 | The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator. |
3:4 | And I will give children [to be] their princes, and babes shall rule over them. |
3:5 | And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable. |
3:6 | When a man shall take hold of his brother of the ![]() |
3:7 | In that ![]() ![]() ![]() |
3:8 | For ![]() ![]() |
3:9 | 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 ![]() |
3:10 | Say ye to the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him]: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. |
3:11 | Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. |
3:12 | [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. |
3:13 | The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people. |
3:14 | 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 ![]() |
3:15 | What mean ye [that] ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts. |
3:16 | 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 ![]() |
3:17 | 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. |
3:18 | In that ![]() ![]() |
3:19 | The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, |
3:20 | The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings, |
3:21 | The ![]() |
3:22 | The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins, |
3:23 | The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the veils. |
3:24 | 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. |
3:25 | Thy men shall fall by the ![]() |
3:26 | And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she [being] desolate shall sit upon the ground. |