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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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Isaiah 3 New American Bible</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="/bmcc/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/catholic">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NABRE</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 American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch29003" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn29003" class="cn"></h1> <section> <h2 class="ahaft">Judgment on Jerusalem and Judah</h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v29003001" class="ver">1</span><a id="rfn29003001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29003001-1">*</a> The Lord, the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> of hosts,</p> <p class="sl1">will take away from Jerusalem and from Judah</p> <p class="sl">Support and staff—</p> <p class="sl1">all support of bread,</p> <p class="sl1">all support of water:<a id="ren29003001-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29003001-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29003002" class="ver">2</span>Hero and warrior,</p> <p class="sl1">judge and prophet, diviner and elder,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29003003" class="ver">3</span>The captain of fifty and the nobleman,</p> <p class="sl1">counselor, skilled magician, and expert charmer.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29003004" class="ver">4</span>I will place boys as their princes;</p> <p class="sl1">the fickle will govern them,<a id="ren29003004-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29003004-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29003005" class="ver">5</span>And the people will oppress one another,</p> <p class="sl1">yes, each one the neighbor.</p> <p class="sl">The child will be insolent toward the elder,</p> <p class="sl1">and the base toward the honorable.<a id="ren29003005-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29003005-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29003006" class="ver">6</span>When anyone seizes a brother</p> <p class="sl1">in their father’s house, saying,</p> <p class="sl">“You have clothes! Be our ruler,</p> <p class="sl1">and take in hand this ruin!”—</p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v29003007" class="ver">7</span>He will cry out in that day:</p> <p class="sl">“I cannot be a healer,<a id="ren29003007-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29003007-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl1">when there is neither bread nor clothing in my own house!</p> <p class="sl1">You will not make me a ruler of the people!”</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29003008" class="ver">8</span>Jerusalem has stumbled, Judah has fallen;</p> <p class="sl1">for their speech and deeds affront the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,</p> <p class="sl1">a provocation in the sight of his majesty.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29003009" class="ver">9</span>Their very look bears witness against them;<a id="ren29003009-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29003009-e">e</a></p> <p class="sl1">they boast of their sin like Sodom,<a id="ren29003009-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29003009-f">f</a></p> <p class="sl">They do not hide it.</p> <p class="sl1">Woe to them!</p> <p class="sl1">They deal out evil to themselves.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29003010" class="ver">10</span>Happy the just, for it will go well with them,</p> <p class="sl1">the fruit of their works they will eat.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29003011" class="ver">11</span>Woe to the wicked! It will go ill with them,</p> <p class="sl1">with the work of their hands they will be repaid.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29003012" class="ver">12</span>My people—infants oppress them,</p> <p class="sl1">women rule over them!</p> <p class="sl">My people, your leaders deceive you,<a id="ren29003012-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29003012-g">g</a></p> <p class="sl1">they confuse the paths you should follow.</p> <p class="slf"><span id="v29003013" class="ver">13</span><a id="rfn29003013-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29003013-1">*</a> The <span class="tetr">Lord</span> rises to accuse,</p> <p class="sl1">stands to try his people.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29003014" class="ver">14</span>The Lord enters into judgment</p> <p class="sl1">with the people’s elders and princes:</p> <p class="sl">You, you who have devoured the vineyard;</p> <p class="sl1">the loot wrested from the poor is in your houses.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29003015" class="ver">15</span>What do you mean by crushing my people,</p> <p class="sl1">and grinding down the faces of the poor?</p> <p class="sl1">says the Lord, the <span class="tetr">God</span> of hosts.</p> </div> </section> <section> <h2 class="ah">The Haughty Women of Zion<a id="rfn29003016-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29003016-1">*</a></h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v29003016" class="ver">16</span>The <span class="tetr">Lord</span> said:<a id="ren29003016-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29003016-h">h</a></p> <p class="sl1">Because the daughters of Zion are haughty,</p> <p class="sl1">and walk with necks outstretched,</p> <p class="sl">Ogling and mincing as they go,</p> <p class="sl1">their anklets tinkling with every step,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29003017" class="ver">17</span>The Lord shall cover the scalps of Zion’s daughters with scabs,</p> <p class="sl1l">and the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> shall lay bare their heads.<a id="rfn29003017-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29003017-1">*</a> <a id="ren29003017-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29003017-i">i</a></p> </div> <p class="pcon"><span id="v29003018" class="ver">18</span><a id="rfn29003018-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29003018-1">*</a> On that day the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> will do away with the finery of the anklets, sunbursts, and crescents; <span id="v29003019" class="ver">19</span>the pendants, bracelets, and veils; <span id="v29003020" class="ver">20</span>the headdresses, bangles, cinctures, perfume boxes, and amulets; <span id="v29003021" class="ver">21</span>the signet rings, and the nose rings; <span id="v29003022" class="ver">22</span>the court dresses, wraps, cloaks, and purses; <span id="v29003023" class="ver">23</span>the lace gowns, linen tunics, turbans, and shawls.</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v29003024" class="ver">24</span>Instead of perfume there will be stench,</p> <p class="sl1">instead of a girdle, a rope,</p> <p class="sl">And instead of elaborate coiffure, baldness;</p> <p class="sl1">instead of a rich gown, a sackcloth skirt.</p> <p class="sl">Then, instead of beauty, shame.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29003025" class="ver">25</span>Your men will fall by the sword,</p> <p class="sl1">and your champions,<a id="rfn29003025-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29003025-1">*</a> in war;<a id="ren29003025-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29003025-j">j</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29003026" class="ver">26</span>Her gates will lament and mourn,</p> <p class="sl1">as the city sits desolate on the ground.<a id="ren29003026-k" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29003026-k">k</a></p> </div> </section> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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