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The Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies</p> <p class="poetry2">is taking away from Jerusalem and Judah</p> <p class="poetry2">everything that your society needs—<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:1 Lit. Judah both supply and support">a</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">all food supplies</p> <p class="poetry2">and all water supplies,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>the mighty man</p> <p class="poetry2">and the warrior,</p> <p class="poetry2">the judge</p> <p class="poetry2">and the prophet,</p> <p class="poetry2">the fortune-teller</p> <p class="poetry2">and the elder,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>the commander of fifty</p> <p class="poetry2">and the man of rank,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the counselor, the expert magician,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the medium.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“I will make youths their princes,</p> <p class="poetry2">and infants will rule over them.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>People will oppress one another—</p> <p class="poetry2">It will be man against man</p> <p class="poetry2">and neighbor against neighbor.</p> <p class="poetry2">The young will be disrespectful to the old,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the worthless to the honorable.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“For a man will grab his brother</p> <p class="poetry2">in his own father’s house,</p> <p class="poetry2">and say, ‘You have a cloak,</p> <p class="poetry2">so you be our leader,</p> <p class="poetry2">and this heap of ruins</p> <p class="poetry2">will be under your rule!’</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“But<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:7 So 1QIsaa LXX; the Heb. lacks But">b</a></span> at that time,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:7 Lit. day">c</a></span> he’ll protest!<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:7 Lit. he’ll cry out">d</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">He’ll say, ‘I won’t be your healer.</p> <p class="poetry2">I have neither food nor clothing in my house!</p> <p class="poetry2">You’re not going to make me a leader of the people!’</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“For Jerusalem has stumbled,</p> <p class="poetry2">and Judah has fallen,</p> <p class="poetry2">because what they say and do opposes<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:8 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read do is towards">e</a></span> the LORD;</p> <p class="poetry2">they keep defying him.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:8 Lit. defying his glorious presence">f</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span> “The expressions on their faces give them away.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:9 Lit. faces bears witness against them">g</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">They parade their sin around like Sodom;</p> <p class="poetry2">they don’t even try to<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:9 1QIsaa MT lack try to">h</a></span> hide it.</p> <p class="poetry2">How horrible it will be for them,</p> <p class="poetry2">because they have brought disaster on themselves!”</p> <p class="heading">Encouragement to the Righteous</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“Tell<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:10 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks Tell">i</a></span> the righteous that things will go well,</p> <p class="poetry2">because they will enjoy<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:10 Lit. eat">j</a></span> the fruit of their actions.”</p> <p class="heading">Warning to the Wicked</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“How terrible it will be for the wicked!</p> <p class="poetry2">Disaster is headed their way,</p> <p class="poetry2">because what they did with their hand<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:11 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read hands">k</a></span> will be repaid<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:11 So 1QIsaa; MT reads done">l</a></span> to them.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“As for my people, children<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:12 Or youths">m</a></span> are their oppressors,</p> <p class="poetry2">and women rule over them.</p> <p class="poetry2">My people, your leaders are misleading you—</p> <p class="poetry2">they’re giving you confusing directions.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:12 So MT; 1QIsaa reads they’re devouring your paths">n</a></span> </p> <p class="heading">When God Goes to Court</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The LORD is taking his place to argue his case;</p> <p class="poetry2">he’s standing up to judge the people.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The LORD will go to court<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title=":14 Lit. go into judgment">o</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">to oppose<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:14 Lit. with">p</a></span> the elders and princes of his people:</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop">“You’re the ones who have been devouring the vineyard,</p> <p class="poetry2">the plunder of the poor is in your own houses!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>How dare you crush<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:15 Lit. What do you mean by crushing">q</a></span> my people</p> <p class="poetry2">as you grind down the face of the poor?”</p> <p class="poetry2">declares the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:15 So 1QIsaa MT; LXX lacks this line ">r</a></span> </p> <p class="heading">Judgment of Jerusalem’s Women</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The LORD also says:</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop">“Because Zion’s women are so haughty,</p> <p class="poetry2">and walk with outstretched necks,</p> <p class="poetry2">flirting with their eyes,</p> <p class="poetry2">prancing<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:16 Or mincing">s</a></span> along as they walk,</p> <p class="poetry2">and making tinkling noises with their ankle bracelets,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:16 Lit. their feet">t</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>therefore the LORD<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:17 So 1QIsaa corrector; 1QIsaa 4QIsab MT read my Lord; LXX reads God">u</a></span> will afflict sores</p> <p class="poetry2">on the heads of Zion’s women,</p> <p class="poetry2 marginbot">and the LORD<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:17 So 1QIsaa corrector MT; 1QIsaa reads my Lord">v</a></span> will expose their private parts.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“At that time,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:18 Lit. In that day">w</a></span> the LORD<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:18 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT 1QIsaa corrector read my Lord ">x</a></span> will take away the finery of the ankle bracelets, headbands, crescents, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>pendants, bracelets, veils, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>headdresses, armlets, sashes, perfume boxes, charms, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>signet rings, nose rings, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>fine robes, capes,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:22 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsab MT read capes and cloaks">y</a></span> purses, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>mirrors, linen garments, tiaras, and veils.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“And it will come about that instead of fragrance</p> <p class="poetry2">there will be<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:24 The 1QIsaa lacks will be a stench">z</a></span> a stench;</p> <p class="poetry2">instead of a belt, a rope;</p> <p class="poetry2">instead of well-set hair, baldness;</p> <p class="poetry2">instead of a fine robe, sackcloth;</p> <p class="poetry2">and instead of beauty, shame.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:24 So 1QIsaa; MT reads burning instead of beauty; LXX lacks this line">aa</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Your men will die violently,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:25 Lit. will fall by the sword">bb</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">while your forces<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:25 So 1QIsaa; MT reads force">cc</a></span> fall<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:25 1QIsaa MT lack fall">dd</a></span> in battle</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/3-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>and her gates lament and mourn.</p> <p class="poetry2">Ravaged, she will sit on the ground.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 3:1 Lit. <i>Judah both supply and support</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 3:7 So 1QIsaa LXX; the Heb. lacks <i>But</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 3:7 Lit. <i>day</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 3:7 Lit. <i>he’ll cry out</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 3:8 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read <i>do is towards</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 3:8 Lit. <i>defying his glorious presence</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 3:9 Lit. <i>faces bears witness against them</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 3:9 1QIsaa MT lack <i>try to</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 3:10 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks <i>Tell</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 3:10 Lit. <i>eat</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 3:11 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read <i>hands</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 3:11 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>done</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 3:12 Or <i>youths</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 3:12 So MT; 1QIsaa reads <i>they’re devouring your paths</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> :14 Lit. <i>go into judgment</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 3:14 Lit. <i>with</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 3:15 Lit. <i>What do you mean by crushing</i><br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 3:15 So 1QIsaa MT; LXX lacks this line <br /><span class="fnb">s</span> 3:16 Or <i>mincing</i><br /><span class="fnb">t</span> 3:16 Lit. <i>their feet</i><br /><span class="fnb">u</span> 3:17 So 1QIsaa corrector; 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