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| Isaiah 3:1 | For behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, will take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water, | For the Lord, the Lord of armies, is about to take away from Jerusalem and from Judah all their support; their store of bread and of water; |
| Isaiah 3:2 | the mighty man and the man of war, the judge and the prophet, and the diviner and the elder, | The strong man and the man of war; the judge and the prophet; the man who has knowledge of secret arts, and the man who is wise because of his years; |
| Isaiah 3:3 | the captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the clever among artificers, and the one versed in enchantments. | The captain of fifty, and the man of high position, and the wise guide, and the wonder-worker, and he who makes use of secret powers. |
| Isaiah 3:4 | And I will appoint youths as their princes, and children shall rule over them. | And I will make children their chiefs, and foolish ones will have rule over them. |
| Isaiah 3:5 | And the people shall be oppressed one by the other, and each by his neighbour; the child will be insolent against the elder, and the base against the honourable. | And the people will be crushed, every one by his neighbour; the young will be full of pride against the old, and those of low position will be lifted up against the noble. |
| Isaiah 3:6 | When a man shall take hold of his brother, in his father's house, [and shall say:] Thou hast clothing; be our chief, and let this ruin be under thy hand; | When one man puts his hand on another in his father's house, and says, You have clothing, be our ruler and be responsible for us in our sad condition: |
| Isaiah 3:7 | he will lift up [his hand] in that day, saying, I cannot be a healer, and in my house there is neither bread nor clothing; ye shall not make me a chief of the people. | Then he will say with an oath, I will not be a helper, for in my house there is no bread or clothing: I will not let you make me a ruler of the people. |
| Isaiah 3:8 | For Jerusalem stumbleth and Judah falleth, because their tongue and their doings are against Jehovah, to provoke the eyes of his glory. | For Jerusalem has become feeble, and destruction has come on Judah, because their words and their acts are against the Lord, moving the eyes of his glory to wrath. |
| Isaiah 3:9 | The look of their face doth witness against them, and they declare their sin as Sodom: they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have brought evil upon themselves. | Their respect for a man's position is a witness against them; and their sin is open to the view of all; like that of Sodom, it is not covered. A curse on their soul! for the measure of their sin is full. |
| Isaiah 3:10 | Say ye of the righteous that it shall be well [with him], for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. | Happy is the upright man! for he will have joy of the fruit of his ways. |
| Isaiah 3:11 | Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill [with him], because the desert of his hands shall be rendered unto him. | Unhappy is the sinner! for the reward of his evil doings will come on him. |
| Isaiah 3:12 | [As for] my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people! they that guide thee mislead [thee], and destroy the way of thy paths. | As for my people, their ruler is acting like a child, and those who have authority over them are women. O my people, your guides are the cause of your wandering, turning your footsteps out of the right way. |
| Isaiah 3:13 | Jehovah setteth himself to plead, and standeth to judge the peoples. | The Lord is ready to take up his cause against his people, and is about to come forward as their judge. |
| Isaiah 3:14 | Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people and their princes, [saying:] It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard: the spoil of the poor is in your houses. | The Lord comes to be the judge of their responsible men and of their rulers: it is you who have made waste the vine-garden, and in your houses is the property of the poor which you have taken by force. |
| Isaiah 3:15 | What mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the faces of the afflicted? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts. | By what right are you crushing my people, and putting a bitter yoke on the necks of the poor? This is the word of the Lord, the Lord of armies. |
| Isaiah 3:16 | And Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched-out neck and wanton eyes, and go along mincing, and making a tinkling with their feet; | Again, the Lord has said, Because the daughters of Zion are full of pride, and go with outstretched necks and wandering eyes, with their foot-chains sounding when they go: |
| Isaiah 3:17 | therefore the Lord will make bald the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will lay bare their secret parts. | The Lord will send disease on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will let their secret parts be seen. |
| Isaiah 3:18 | In that day the Lord will take away the ornament of anklets, and the little suns and crescents, | In that day the Lord will take away the glory of their foot-rings, and their sun-jewels, and their moon-ornaments, |
| Isaiah 3:19 | the pearl-drops, and the bracelets, and the veils, | The ear-rings, and the chains, and the delicate clothing, |
| Isaiah 3:20 | the head-dresses, and the stepping chains, and the girdles, and the scent-boxes, and the amulets; | The head-bands, and the arm-chains, and the worked bands, and the perfume-boxes, and the jewels with secret powers, |
| Isaiah 3:21 | the finger-rings, and the nose-rings; | The rings, and the nose-jewels, |
| Isaiah 3:22 | the festival-robes, and the tunics, and the mantles, and the wallets; | The feast-day dresses, and the robes, and the wide skirts, and the handbags, |
| Isaiah 3:23 | the mirrors, and the fine linen bodices, and the turbans, and the flowing veils. | The looking-glasses, and the fair linen, and the high head-dresses, and the veils. |
| Isaiah 3:24 | And it shall come to pass, instead of perfume there shall be rottenness; and instead of a girdle, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a robe of display, a girding of sackcloth; brand instead of beauty. | And in the place of sweet spices will be an evil smell, and for a fair band a thick cord; for a well-dressed head there will be the cutting-off of the hair, and for a beautiful robe there will be the clothing of sorrow; the mark of the prisoner in place of the ornaments of the free. |
| Isaiah 3:25 | Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the fight; | Your men will be put to the sword, and your men of war will come to destruction in the fight. |
| Isaiah 3:26 | and her gates shall lament and mourn; and, stripped, she shall sit upon the ground. | And in the public places of her towns will be sorrow and weeping; and she will be seated on the earth, waste and uncovered. |
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