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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"><title>Isaiah 3 GWT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></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="../topmenuchap/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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GWT</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">GOD'S WORD® Translation</div><div class="chap"><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>See now, the Lord, the LORD of Armies, is going to take from Jerusalem and Judah every kind of support and their entire supply of food and water.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>[He will take their] heroes and soldiers, judges and prophets, fortunetellers and statesmen,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>military leaders and civilian leaders, counselors, skilled workers, and experts in magic.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>"I will make boys their leaders. Children will govern them."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>People will oppress each other, and everyone will oppress his neighbor. The young will make fun of the old, and common people will make fun of their superiors.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>A person will grab one of his relatives from his father's family and say, "You have a coat. You'll be our leader. This pile of ruins will be under your control."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>When that day comes the relative will cry out, "I'm not a doctor! I don't have any food or a coat in my home. Don't make me a leader of our family."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, because what they say and what they do is against the LORD. They are defiant in his honored presence.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The look on their faces will be held against them. They boast about their sins, which are like [those of the people of] Sodom. They don't even bother to hide them. How horrible it will be for these people, because they have brought disaster on themselves.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Tell the righteous that blessings will come to them. They will taste the fruit of their labor.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>How horrible it will be for the wicked! Disaster will strike them. What they have done will be done to them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>"Children will oppress my people. Women will rule them. My people, your guides mislead you, and you don't know which way to go."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The LORD takes his place in the courtroom. He stands to judge his people.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The LORD presents his case to the respected leaders and the officials of his people: "You have burned down the vineyard! Your houses are filled with goods stolen from the poor."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The Almighty LORD of Armies asks, "How can you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor [into the ground]?"</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The LORD adds, "The women of Zion are arrogant. They walk with their noses in the air, making seductive glances, taking short little steps, jingling the ankle bracelets on their feet."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The Lord will cause sores [to appear] on the heads of the women of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>On that day the Lord will take away their fine things: jingling anklets, headbands, crescent-shaped necklaces, <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>pendants, bracelets, scarfs, <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>hats, ankle bracelets, blouses, perfume boxes, charms, <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>signet rings, nose rings, <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>fine robes, coats, shawls, purses, <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>mirrors, underwear, headdresses, and veils.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Instead of the smell of perfume, there will be the smell of decay. They will wear ropes instead of belts. They will have bald heads instead of beautiful hair. They will wear sackcloth instead of expensive clothes. Their beauty will be scarred. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>[Women,] your warriors will die in combat. Your mighty men will die in battle.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/3-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>The gates of Zion will cry and grieve, and Zion will sit on the ground, exhausted.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of <a href="//www.godsword.org" target="_top">God's Word to the Nations</a>. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. 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