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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Isaiah 3 ERV</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/erv/isaiah/3.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/5001.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 4800px), only screen and (max-device-width: 4800px)" href="/4801.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1550px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1550px)" href="/1551.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1250px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1250px)" href="/1251.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1050px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1050px)" href="/1051.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 900px), only screen and (max-device-width: 900px)" href="/901.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 800px), only screen and (max-device-width: 800px)" href="/801.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 575px), only screen and (max-device-width: 575px)" href="/501.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-height: 450px), only screen and (max-device-height: 450px)" href="/h451.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/isaiah/3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/combine/isaiah/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ERV</a> > Isaiah 3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../isaiah/2.htm" title="Isaiah 2">◄</a> Isaiah 3 <a href="../isaiah/4.htm" title="Isaiah 4">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">English Revised Version</div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Judgment against Judah and Jerusalem</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>the mighty man, and the man of war; the judge, and the prophet, and the diviner, and the ancient;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>the captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the skilful enchanter.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>When a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>in that day shall he lift up his voice, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: ye shall not make me ruler of the people.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The shew 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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Say ye of the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the peoples.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The LORD will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and the princes thereof: It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>what mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Moreover the LORD said, 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:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will lay bare their secret parts.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their anklets, and the cauls, and the crescents; <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>the pendants, and the bracelets, and the mufflers; <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>the headtires, and the ankle chains, and the sashes, and the perfume boxes, and the amulets; <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>the rings, and the nose jewels; <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>the festival robes, and the mantles, and the shawls, and the satchels; <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>the hand mirrors, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the veils.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet spices there shall be rottenness; and instead of a girdle a rope; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth: branding instead of beauty.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate and sit upon the ground.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">English Revised Version, 1885<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../isaiah/2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../isaiah/4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/scan/isaiah/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></body></html>