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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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/isaiah/3.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">Judgment on Jerusalem and Judah</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>See now, the Lord,</p><p class="line2">the <span class="name">Lord</span> Almighty,</p><p class="line1">is about to take from Jerusalem and Judah</p><p class="line2">both supply and support:</p><p class="line1">all supplies of food and all supplies of water,</p> <p class="line2"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>the hero and the warrior,</p><p class="line1">the judge and the prophet,</p><p class="line2">the diviner and the elder,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>the captain of fifty and the man of rank,</p><p class="line2">the counselor, skilled craftsman and clever enchanter.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“I will make mere youths their officials;</p><p class="line2">children will rule over them.”</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>People will oppress each other—</p><p class="line2">man against man, neighbor against neighbor.</p><p class="line1">The young will rise up against the old,</p><p class="line2">the nobody against the honored.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>A man will seize one of his brothers</p><p class="line2">in his father’s house, and say,</p><p class="line1">“You have a cloak, you be our leader;</p><p class="line2">take charge of this heap of ruins!”</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But in that day he will cry out,</p><p class="line2">“I have no remedy.</p><p class="line1">I have no food or clothing in my house;</p><p class="line2">do not make me the leader of the people.”</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Jerusalem staggers,</p><p class="line2">Judah is falling;</p><p class="line1">their words and deeds are against the <span class="name">Lord</span>,</p><p class="line2">defying his glorious presence.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The look on their faces testifies against them;</p><p class="line2">they parade their sin like Sodom;</p><p class="line2">they do not hide it.</p><p class="line1">Woe to them!</p><p class="line2">They have brought disaster upon themselves.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Tell the righteous it will be well with them,</p><p class="line2">for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Woe to the wicked!</p><p class="line2">Disaster is upon them!</p><p class="line1">They will be paid back</p><p class="line2">for what their hands have done.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Youths oppress my people,</p><p class="line2">women rule over them.</p><p class="line1">My people, your guides lead you astray;</p><p class="line2">they turn you from the path.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span> takes his place in court;</p><p class="line2">he rises to judge the people.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span> enters into judgment</p><p class="line2">against the elders and leaders of his people:</p><p class="line1">“It is you who have ruined my vineyard;</p><p class="line2">the plunder from the poor is in your houses.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>What do you mean by crushing my people</p><p class="line2">and grinding the faces of the poor?”</p><p class="attribution">declares the Lord, the <span class="name">Lord</span> Almighty.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span> says,</p><p class="line2">“The women of Zion are haughty,</p><p class="line1">walking along with outstretched necks,</p><p class="line2">flirting with their eyes,</p><p class="line1">strutting along with swaying hips,</p><p class="line2">with ornaments jingling on their ankles.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Therefore the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion;</p><p class="line2">the <span class="name">Lord</span> will make their scalps bald.”</p></div> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>In that day the Lord will snatch away their finery: the bangles and headbands and crescent necklaces, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>the earrings and bracelets and veils, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>the headdresses and anklets and sashes, the perfume bottles and charms, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>the signet rings and nose rings, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>the fine robes and the capes and cloaks, the purses <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>and mirrors, and the linen garments and tiaras and shawls.</p> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Instead of fragrance there will be a stench;</p><p class="line2">instead of a sash, a rope;</p><p class="line1">instead of well-dressed hair, baldness;</p><p class="line2">instead of fine clothing, sackcloth;</p><p class="line2">instead of beauty, branding.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Your men will fall by the sword,</p><p class="line2">your warriors in battle.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>The gates of Zion will lament and mourn;</p><p class="line2">destitute, she will sit on the ground.</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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