3:1
For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem
and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the
whole stay of water.
(3:1) "The LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem
and from Judah ... bread, and ... water."
3:2
The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the
prudent, and the ancient,
3:3
The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the
cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
3:4
And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over
them.
(3:4-5) "I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over
them. And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by
his neighbour."
3:5And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by
his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient,
and the base against the honourable.
3:6
When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father,
saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under
thy hand:
3:7
In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my
house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.
3:8
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.
(3:8) "Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and
their doings are against the LORD."
3:9
The shew 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 rewarded evil
unto themselves.
(3:9) "They declare their sin as
Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul!"
3:10Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall
eat the fruit of their doings.
3:11
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands
shall be given him.
3:12As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my
people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy
paths.
(3:12) "As for my people, children are their oppressors,
and women rule over them."
Isaiah shows his contempt for women by saying that things have gotten so bad for his people that "women rule over
them." What the Bible says about women's rights
3:13
The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.
3:14
The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the
princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is
in your houses.
3:15
What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the
poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
3:16Moreover the LORD
saith, 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:
(3:16-17) God will "smite with a scab the crown of the head of
the daughters of Zion" and "will discover their secret parts" since he doesn't like the way they dress and walk.
(3:16) "Moreover the LORD
saith, 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."
(3:17) "Therefore the LORD will
smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover
their secret parts."
3:17Therefore the LORD will
smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover
their secret parts.
3:18
In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling
ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the
moon,
3:19
The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,
3:20
The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the
tablets, and the earrings,
3:22
The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the
crisping pins,
3:23
The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.
3:24And it shall come to
pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a
girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a
stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.
(3:24) "And it shall come to
pass, that instead of a sweet smell there shall be stink ... instead of well set hair baldness ... and burning instead of beauty."
(3:25) "Thy men shall fall by the sword."
3:25Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
3:26
And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit
upon the ground.
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