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Isaiah 3 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:2 - The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:3 - The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:4 - And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:5 - And 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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:
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:10 - Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:11 - Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:12 - As 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.

God Will Judge

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:13 - The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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.

Judah's Women Denounced

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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:
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:19 - The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:20 - The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:21 - The rings, and nose jewels,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:22 - The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:23 - The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:24 - And 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:25 - Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:26 - And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
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