Isaiah 3
aligned by seat — same row, same verse, whatever each bible numbers it
| v | JPS1917 |
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| 1 | For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, Doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah Stay and staff, Every stay of bread, and every stay of water; |
| 2 | The mighty man, and the man of war; The judge, and the prophet, And the diviner, and the elder; |
| 3 | The captain of fifty, and the man of rank, And the counsellor, and the cunning charmer, and the skilful enchanter. |
| 4 | And I will give children to be their princes, And babes shall rule over them. |
| 5 | And the people shall oppress one another, Every man his fellow, and every man his neighbour; The child shall behave insolently against the aged, And the base against the honourable, |
| 6 | For a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father: ‘Thou hast a mantle, Be thou our ruler, And let this ruin be under thy hand.’ |
| 7 | In that day shall he swear, saying: ‘I will not be a healer; For in my house is neither bread nor a mantle; Ye shall not make me ruler of a people.’ |
| 8 | For Jerusalem is ruined, And Judah is fallen; Because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, To provoke the eyes of His glory. |
| 9 | The show of their countenance doth witness against them; And they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! For they have wrought evil unto themselves. |
| 10 | Say ye of the righteous, that it shall be well with him; For they shall eat the fruit of their doings. |
| 11 | Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him; For the work of his hands shall be done to him. |
| 12 | As for My people, a babe is their master, And women rule over them. O My people, they that lead thee cause thee to err, And destroy the way of thy paths. |
| 13 | The LORD standeth up to plead, And standeth to judge the peoples. |
| 14 | The LORD will enter into judgment With the elders of His people, and the princes thereof: ‘It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard; The spoil of the poor is in your houses; |
| 15 | What mean ye that ye crush My people, And grind the face of the poor?’ Saith the Lord, the GOD of hosts. |
| 16 | Moreover the LORD said: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, And walk with stretched-forth necks And wanton eyes, Walking and mincing as they go, And making a tinkling with their feet; |
| 17 | Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab The crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, And the LORD will lay bare their secret parts. |
| 18 | In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their anklets, and the fillets, and the crescents; |
| 19 | the pendants, and the bracelets, and the veils; |
| 20 | the headtires, and the armlets, and the sashes, and the corselets, and the amulets; |
| 21 | the rings, and the nose-jewels; |
| 22 | the aprons, and the mantelets, and the cloaks, and the girdles; |
| 23 | and the gauze robes, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the mantles. |
| 24 | And it shall come to pass, that Instead of sweet spices there shall be rottenness; And instead of a girdle rags; And instead of curled hair baldness; And instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; Branding instead of beauty. |
| 25 | Thy men shall fall by the sword, And thy mighty in the war. |
| 26 | And her gates shall lament and mourn; And utterly bereft she shall sit upon the ground. |