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Isaiah, Chapter 3

¹ For behold, the Lord^a Heb YHWH, usually rendered LordGOD of hosts is going to remove from Jerusalem and Judah Both^b Lit staffsupply and support, the whole^c Lit staffsupply of bread And the whole^d Lit staffsupply of water;	1 Lev 26:26 Isa 5:13 Isa 9:20 Eze 4:16
² The mighty man and the warrior, The judge and the prophet, The diviner and the elder,	2 Ki2 24:14 Isa 9:14 Isa 9:15 Eze 17:12 Eze 17:13
³ The captain of fifty and the honorable man, The counselor and the expert artisan, And the skillful enchanter.
⁴ And I will make mere lads their princes, And^e Lit arbitrary power will rulecapricious children will rule over them,	4 Ecc 10:16
⁵ And the people will be oppressed, Each one by another, and each one by his neighbor; The youth will storm against the elder And the inferior against the honorable.	5 Mic 7:3-6 Isa 9:19 Jer 9:3-8
⁶ When a man lays hold of his brother in his father’s house, saying, “You have a cloak, you shall be our ruler, And these ruins will be under your^f Lit handcharge,”	6 Isa 4:1
⁷ He will^g Lit lift up his voiceprotest on that day, saying, “I will not be your^h Lit binder of woundshealer, For in my house there is neither bread nor cloak; You should not appoint me ruler of the people.”	7 Eze 34:4 Hos 5:13
⁸ For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen, Because theirⁱ Lit tonguespeech and their actions are against the LORD, To rebel against^j Lit the eyes of His gloryHis glorious presence.	8 Isa 1:7 Isa 6:11 Psa 73:9-11 Isa 9:17 Isa 59:3 Isa 65:3
⁹ ^k Or Their partiality bearsThe expression of their faces bears witness against them, And they display their sin like Sodom; They do not even conceal it. Woe to^l Lit their soulthem! For they have brought evil on themselves.	9 Gen 13:13 Isa 1:10-15 Pro 8:36 Pro 15:32 Rom 6:23
¹⁰ Say to the righteous that it will go well with them, For they will eat the fruit of their actions.	10 Deu 28:1-14 Ecc 8:12 Isa 54:17
¹¹ Woe to the wicked! It will go badly with him, For^m Lit the dealing of his handswhat he deserves will be done to him.	11 Deu 28:15-68 Isa 65:6 Isa 65:7
¹² O My people! Their oppressorsⁿ Or deal severelyare children, And women rule over them. O My people! Those who guide you lead you astray And confuse the direction of your paths.	12 Isa 3:4 Isa 9:16 Isa 28:14 Isa 28:15
¹³ The LORD arises to contend, And stands to judge the people.	13 Isa 66:16 Hos 4:1 Mic 6:2
¹⁴ The LORD enters into judgment with the elders and princes of His people, “It is you who have devoured the vineyard; The plunder of the poor is in your houses.	14 Job 22:4 Psa 143:2 Eze 20:35 Eze 20:36 Psa 14:4 Mic 3:3 Job 24:9 Job 24:14 Psa 10:9 Pro 30:14 Isa 10:1 Isa 10:2 Eze 18:12 Jam 2:6
¹⁵ “What do you mean by crushing My people And grinding the face of the poor?” Declares the Lord^o Heb YHWH, usually rendered LordGOD of hosts.	15 Psa 94:5
¹⁶ Moreover, the LORD said, “Because the daughters of Zion are proud And walk with^p Lit outstretched necksheads held high and seductive eyes, And go along with mincing steps And tinkle the bangles on their feet,	16 Sol 3:11 Isa 3:16-4 Isa 32:9-15
¹⁷ Therefore the Lord will afflict the scalp of the daughters of Zion with scabs, And the LORD will make their foreheads bare.”
¹⁸ In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, headbands, crescent ornaments, ¹⁹ dangling earrings, bracelets, veils, ²⁰ headdresses, ankle chains, sashes, perfume boxes, amulets, ²¹ ^q Or signet ringsfinger rings, nose rings, ²² festal robes, outer tunics, cloaks, money purses, ²³ hand mirrors, undergarments, turbans and veils.	18 Jdg 8:21 Jdg 8:26 20 Exo 39:28 21 Gen 24:47 Eze 16:12
²⁴ Now it will come about that instead of^r Or balsam oilsweet perfume there will be putrefaction; Instead of a belt, a rope; Instead of well-set hair, a plucked-out scalp; Instead of fine clothes, a donning of sackcloth; And branding instead of beauty.	24 Est 2:12 Pe1 3:3 Isa 22:12 Eze 27:31 Amo 8:10 Isa 15:3 Lam 2:10
²⁵ Your men will fall by the sword And your^s Lit strengthmighty ones in battle.	25 Isa 1:20 Isa 65:12
²⁶ And her^t Lit entrancesgates will lament and mourn, And deserted she will sit on the ground.	26 Jer 14:2 Lam 1:4 Lam 2:10


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