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Isaiah 3 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:1 - For, behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and 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 diviner, and the elder;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:3 - the captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counsellor, and the expert artificer, and the skilful enchanter.
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 neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:6 - When a man shall take hold of his brother in 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 lift up his voice, saying, I will not be a healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: ye shall not make me 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 Jehovah, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:9 - 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 done evil unto themselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:10 - Say ye of 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 what his hands have done shall be done unto him.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:12 - As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they that lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.

God Will Judge

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:13 - Jehovah standeth up to contend, and standeth to judge the peoples.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:14 - Jehovah 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:
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:15 - what mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

Judah's Women Denounced

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:16 - Moreover Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched 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 Jehovah will lay bare their secret parts.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:18 - In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, and the cauls, and the crescents;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:19 - the pendants, and the bracelets, and the mufflers;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:20 - the headtires, and the ankle chains, and the sashes, and the perfume-boxes, and the amulets;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:21 - the rings, and the nose-jewels;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:22 - the festival robes, and the mantles, and the shawls, and the satchels;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:23 - the hand-mirrors, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the veils.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:24 - And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet spices there shall be rottenness; and instead of a girdle, a rope; and instead of well set hair, baldness; and instead of a robe, a girding of sackcloth; branding 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 shall be desolate and sit upon the ground.
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Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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