# Isaiah 3 
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1. For behold, the Lord GOD of hosts is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah support and supply, all support of bread, and all support of water; 
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2. the mighty man and the soldier, the judge and the prophet, the diviner and the elder, 
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3. the captain of fifty and the man of rank, the counselor and the skillful magician and the expert in charms. 
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4. And I will make boys their princes, and infants shall rule over them. 
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5. And the people will oppress one another, every one his fellow and every one his neighbor; the youth will be insolent to the elder, and the despised to the honorable. 
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6. For a man will take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying: “You have a cloak; you shall be our leader, and this heap of ruins shall be under your rule”; 
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7. in that day he will speak out, saying: “I will not be a healer; in my house there is neither bread nor cloak; you shall not make me leader of the people.” 
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8. For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, because their speech and their deeds are against the LORD, defying his glorious presence. 
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9. For the look on their faces bears witness against them; they proclaim their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil on themselves. 
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10. Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds. 
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11. Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him. 
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12. My people—infants are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, your guides mislead you and they have swallowed up the course of your paths. 
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13. The LORD has taken his place to contend; he stands to judge peoples. 
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14. The LORD will enter into judgment with the elders and princes of his people: “It is you who have devoured the vineyard, the spoil of the poor is in your houses. 
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15. What do you mean by crushing my people, by grinding the face of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of hosts. 
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16. The LORD said: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with outstretched necks, glancing wantonly with their eyes, mincing along as they go, tinkling with their feet, 
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17. therefore the Lord will strike with a scab the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will lay bare their secret parts. 
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18. In that day the Lord will take away the finery of the anklets, the headbands, and the crescents;
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19. the pendants, the bracelets, and the scarves;
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20. the headdresses, the armlets, the sashes, the perfume boxes, and the amulets;
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21. the signet rings and nose rings;
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22. the festal robes, the mantles, the cloaks, and the handbags;
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23. the mirrors, the linen garments, the turbans, and the veils. 
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24. Instead of perfume there will be rottenness; and instead of a belt, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a rich robe, a skirt of sackcloth; and branding instead of beauty. 
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25. Your men shall fall by the sword and your mighty men in battle. 
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26. And her gates shall lament and mourn; empty, she shall sit on the ground. 

(ESV)