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Isaiah 3:22 (NET) New English Translation

1 Look, the sovereign LORD who commands armies is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah every source of security, including all the food and water,
2 the mighty men and warriors, judges and prophets, omen readers and leaders,
3 captains of groups of fifty, the respected citizens, advisers and those skilled in magical arts, and those who know incantations.
4 The LORD says, "I will make youths their officials; malicious young men will rule over them.
5 The people will treat each other harshly; men will oppose each other; neighbors will fight. Youths will proudly defy the elderly and riffraff will challenge those who were once respected.
6 Indeed, a man will grab his brother right in his father's house and say, 'You own a coat— you be our leader! This heap of ruins will be under your control.'
7 At that time the brother will shout, 'I am no doctor, I have no food or coat in my house; don't make me a leader of the people!'"
8 Jerusalem certainly stumbles, Judah falls, for their words and their actions offend the LORD; they rebel against his royal authority.
9 The look on their faces testifies to their guilt; like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin. Too bad for them! For they bring disaster on themselves.
10 Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done.
11 Too bad for the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve.
12 Oppressors treat my people cruelly; creditors rule over them. My people's leaders mislead them; they give you confusing directions.
13 The LORD takes his position to judge; he stands up to pass sentence on his people.
14 The LORD comes to pronounce judgment on the leaders of his people and their officials. He says, "It is you who have ruined the vineyard! You have stashed in your houses what you have stolen from the poor.
15 Why do you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor?" The sovereign LORD who commands armies has spoken.
16 The LORD says, "The women of Zion are proud. They walk with their heads high and flirt with their eyes. They skip along and the jewelry on their ankles jingles.
17 So the sovereign master will afflict the foreheads of Zion's women with skin diseases, the LORD will make the front of their heads bald."
18 At that time the sovereign master will remove their beautiful ankle jewelry, neck ornaments, crescent shaped ornaments,
19 earrings, bracelets, veils,
20 headdresses, ankle ornaments, sashes, sachets, amulets,
21 rings, nose rings,
22 festive dresses, robes, shawls, purses,
23 garments, vests, head coverings, and gowns.
24 A putrid stench will replace the smell of spices, a rope will replace a belt, baldness will replace braided locks of hair, a sackcloth garment will replace a fine robe, and a prisoner's brand will replace beauty.
25 Your men will fall by the sword, your strong men will die in battle.
26 Her gates will mourn and lament; deprived of her people, she will sit on the ground.
1 For H3588 CONJ , behold H2009 IJEC , the Lord H113 , the LORD H3068 EDS of hosts H6635 , doth take away H5493 VHPMS from Jerusalem H3389 and from Judah H3063 the stay H4937 and the staff H4938 , the whole H3605 NMS stay H4937 of bread H3899 NMS , and the whole H3605 NMS stay H4937 of water H4325 NMP ,
2 The mighty H1368 AMS man , and the man H376 W-NMS of war H4421 NFS , the judge H8199 , and the prophet H5030 , and the prudent H7080 , and the ancient H2205 ,
3 The captain H8269 of fifty H2572 MMP , and the honorable man H5375 W-VWCMS , and the counselor H3289 , and the cunning H2450 artificer H2796 , and the eloquent H995 orator H3908 .
4 And I will give H5414 children H5288 NMP to be their princes H8269 , and babes H8586 shall rule H4910 over them .
5 And the people H5971 shall be oppressed H5065 , every one H376 NMS by another H376 NMS , and every one H376 NMS by his neighbor H7453 : the child H5288 shall behave himself proudly H7292 against the ancient H2205 , and the base H7034 against the honorable H3513 .
6 When H3588 CONJ a man H376 NMS shall take hold H8610 of his brother H251 of the house H1004 CMS of his father H1 CMS-3MS , saying , Thou hast clothing H8071 , be H1961 VQY2MS thou our ruler H7101 , and let this H2063 D-DFS ruin H4384 be under H8478 NMS thy hand H3027 :
7 In that H1931 D-PPRO-3MS day H3117 shall he swear H5375 VQY3MS , saying H559 L-VQFC , I will not H3808 NADV be H1961 VQY1MS a healer H2280 ; for in my house H1004 is neither H369 NPAR bread H3899 NMS nor H369 W-NPAR clothing H8071 : make H7760 me not H3808 NADV a ruler H7101 of the people H5971 NMS .
8 For H3588 CONJ Jerusalem H3389 is ruined H3782 , and Judah H3063 is fallen H5307 : because H3588 CONJ their tongue H3956 and their doings H4611 are against H413 PREP the LORD H3068 EDS , to provoke H4784 the eyes H5869 of his glory H3519 .
9 The show H1971 of their countenance H6440 CMP-3MP doth witness H6030 against them ; and they declare H5046 their sin H2403 as Sodom H5467 , they hide H3582 it not H3808 NADV . Woe H188 unto their soul H5315 ! for H3588 CONJ they have rewarded H1580 evil H7451 AFS unto themselves .
10 Say H559 ye to the righteous H6662 AMS , that H3588 CONJ it shall be well H2895 with him : for H3588 CONJ they shall eat H398 the fruit H6529 CMS of their doings H4611 .
11 Woe H188 unto the wicked H7563 ! it shall be ill H7451 AMS with him : for H3588 CONJ the reward H1576 of his hands H3027 CFD-3MS shall be given H6213 him .
12 As for my people H5971 , children H5768 are their oppressors H5065 , and women H802 rule H4910 over them . O my people H5971 , they which lead H833 thee cause thee to err H8582 , and destroy H1104 the way H1870 W-NMS of thy paths H734 .
13 The LORD H3068 EDS standeth up H5324 to plead H7378 L-VQFC , and standeth H5975 to judge H1777 the people H5971 .
14 The LORD H3068 EDS will enter H935 VQY3MS into judgment H4941 with H5973 PREP the ancients H2205 of his people H5971 , and the princes H8269 thereof : for ye H859 W-PPRO-2MP have eaten up H1197 the vineyard H3754 ; the spoil H1500 of the poor H6041 is in your houses H1004 .
15 What mean ye H4100 that ye beat my people to pieces H1792 , and grind H2912 the faces H6440 W-CMP of the poor H6041 AMP ? saith H5002 the Lord H136 EDS GOD H3068 of hosts H6635 .
16 Moreover the LORD H3068 EDS saith H559 W-VQY3MS , Because H3282 ADV the daughters H1323 CFP of Zion H6726 are haughty H1361 , and walk H1980 with stretched forth H5186 necks H1627 and wanton H8265 eyes H5869 , walking H1980 VQFA and mincing H2952 as they go H1980 , and making a tinkling H5913 with their feet H7272 :
17 Therefore the Lord H136 EDS will smite with a scab H5596 the crown of the head H6936 of the daughters H1323 CFP of Zion H6726 , and the LORD H3068 W-EDS will discover H6168 their secret parts H6596 .
18 In that H1931 D-PPRO-3MS day H3117 B-AMS the Lord H136 EDS will take away H5493 the bravery H8597 of their tinkling ornaments H5914 about their feet , and their cauls H7636 , and their round tires H7720 like the moon ,
19 The chains H5188 , and the bracelets H8285 , and the mufflers H7479 ,
20 The bonnets H6287 , and the ornaments of the legs H6807 , and the headbands H7196 , and the tablets H1004 , and the earrings H3908 ,
21 The rings H2885 , and nose H639 jewels H5141 ,
22 The changeable suits of apparel H4254 , and the mantles H4595 , and the wimples H4304 , and the crisping pins H2754 ,
23 The glasses H1549 , and the fine linen H5466 , and the hoods H6797 , and the veils H7289 .
24 And it shall come to pass H1961 W-VQQ3MS , that instead H8478 of sweet smell H1314 there shall be H1961 W-VQQ3MS stink H4716 ; and instead H8478 of a girdle H2290 a rent H5364 ; and instead H8478 of well set H4639 NMS hair H4748 baldness H7144 ; and instead H8478 of a stomacher H6614 a girding H4228 of sackcloth H8242 ; and burning H3587 instead H8478 of beauty H3308 .
25 Thy men H4962 shall fall H5307 by the sword H2719 , and thy mighty H1369 in the war H4421 .
26 And her gates H6607 shall lament H578 and mourn H56 ; and she being desolate H5352 shall sit H3427 upon the ground H776 LD-NFS .