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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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 NLT</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" /></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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/isaiah/3.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Judgment against Judah</p><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,</p><p class="line2">will take away from Jerusalem and Judah</p><p class="line1">everything they depend on:</p><p class="line2">every bit of bread</p><p class="line2">and every drop of water,</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>all their heroes and soldiers,</p><p class="line2">judges and prophets,</p><p class="line2">fortune-tellers and elders,</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>army officers and high officials,</p><p class="line2">advisers, skilled sorcerers, and astrologers.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I will make boys their leaders,</p><p class="line2">and toddlers their rulers.</p><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,</p><p class="line2">neighbor against neighbor.</p><p class="line1">Young people will insult their elders,</p><p class="line2">and vulgar people will sneer at the honorable.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>In those days a man will say to his brother,</p><p class="line1">“Since you have a coat, 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 he will reply,</p><p class="line2">“No! I can’t help.</p><p class="line1">I don’t have any extra food or clothes.</p><p class="line2">Don’t put me in charge!”</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For Jerusalem will stumble,</p><p class="line2">and Judah will fall,</p><p class="line1">because they speak out against the LORD and refuse to obey him.</p><p class="line2">They provoke him to his face.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The very look on their faces gives them away.</p><p class="line2">They display their sin like the people of Sodom</p><p class="line2">and don’t even try to hide it.</p><p class="line1">They are doomed!</p><p class="line2">They have brought destruction upon themselves.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Tell the godly that all will be well for them.</p><p class="line2">They will enjoy the rich reward they have earned!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But the wicked are doomed,</p><p class="line2">for they will get exactly what they deserve.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Childish leaders oppress my people,</p><p class="line2">and women rule over them.</p><p class="line1">O my people, your leaders mislead you;</p><p class="line2">they send you down the wrong road.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The LORD takes his place in court</p><p class="line2">and presents his case against his people.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a></p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The LORD comes forward to pronounce judgment</p><p class="line2">on the elders and rulers of his people:</p><p class="line1">“You have ruined Israel, my vineyard.</p><p class="line2">Your houses are filled with things stolen from the poor.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>How dare you crush my people,</p><p class="line2">grinding the faces of the poor into the dust?”</p><p class="line2">demands the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.</p><p class="hdg">A Warning to Jerusalem</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The LORD says, “Beautiful Zion<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> is haughty:</p><p class="line1">craning her elegant neck,</p><p class="line2">flirting with her eyes,</p><p class="line1">walking with dainty steps,</p><p class="line2">tinkling her ankle bracelets.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>So the Lord will send scabs on her head;</p><p class="line2">the LORD will make beautiful Zion bald.”</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>On that day of judgment</p><p class="line2">the Lord will strip away everything that makes her beautiful:</p><p class="line1">ornaments, headbands, crescent necklaces,</p><p class="line2"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>earrings, bracelets, and veils;</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>scarves, ankle bracelets, sashes,</p><p class="line2">perfumes, and charms;</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>rings, jewels,</p><p class="line2"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>party clothes, gowns, capes, and purses;</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>mirrors, fine linen garments,</p><p class="line2">head ornaments, and shawls.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Instead of smelling of sweet perfume, she will stink.</p><p class="line2">She will wear a rope for a sash,</p><p class="line2">and her elegant hair will fall out.</p><p class="line1">She will wear rough burlap instead of rich robes.</p><p class="line2">Shame will replace her beauty.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a></p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The men of the city will be killed with the sword,</p><p class="line2">and her warriors will die 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 weep and mourn.</p><p class="line2">The city will be like a ravaged woman,</p><p class="line2">huddled on the ground.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">3:13 </span><span class="ft">As in Greek and Syriac versions; Hebrew reads </span><span class="it">against the peoples.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">3:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">The women of Zion</span><span class="ft"> (with corresponding changes to plural forms through verse 24); Hebrew reads </span><span class="it">The daughters of Zion;</span><span class="ft"> also in 3:17.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">3:24 </span><span class="ft">As in Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text reads </span><span class="it">robes / because instead of beauty.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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