Isaiah 3 (NET)

Isaiah 3:1¹Look, the Sovereign Lord of Heaven’s Armies is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah every source of security, including all the food and water,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 3:2²the mighty men and warriors, judges and prophets, omen readers and leaders,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 3:3³captains of groups of fifty, the respected citizens, advisers and those skilled in magical arts, and those who know incantations.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 3:4⁴The Lord says, “I will make youths their officials; malicious young men will rule over them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 3:5⁵The 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 3:6⁶Indeed, 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.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 3:7⁷At 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!’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 3:8⁸Jerusalem certainly stumbles, Judah falls, for their words and their actions offend the Lord; they rebel against his royal authority.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 3:9⁹The look on their faces testifies to their guilt; like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin. Woe to them! For they bring disaster on themselves.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 3:10¹⁰Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 3:11¹¹Woe to the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 3:12¹²Oppressors treat my people cruelly; creditors rule over them. My people, your leaders mislead you; they give you confusing directions.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 3:13¹³The Lord takes his position to judge; he stands up to pass sentence on his people.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 3:14¹⁴The 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 3:15¹⁵Why do you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor?” The Sovereign Lord of Heaven’s Armies has spoken.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 3:16¹⁶The 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 3:17¹⁷So the Lord will afflict the foreheads of Zion’s women with skin diseases; the Lord will make the front of their heads bald.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 3:18¹⁸At that time the Lord will remove their beautiful ankle jewelry, neck ornaments, crescent-shaped ornaments,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 3:19¹⁹earrings, bracelets, veils,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 3:20²⁰headdresses, ankle ornaments, sashes, sachets, amulets,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 3:21²¹rings, nose rings,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 3:22²²festive dresses, robes, shawls, purses,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 3:23²³garments, vests, head coverings, and gowns.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 3:24²⁴A 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 3:25²⁵Your men will fall by the sword, your strong men will die in battle.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 3:26²⁶Her gates will mourn and lament; deprived of her people, she will sit on the ground.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s