Isa 3
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For, behold, the Lord, YHWH of hosts, does take away from Jerusalem and from Judah
stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water;
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the mighty man, and the man of war; the judge, and the prophet, and the diviner, and
the elder;
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the captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counselor, and the expert artificer,
and the skillful enchanter.
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And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
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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.
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When a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, [saying], You
have clothing, be you our ruler, and let this ruin be under your hand;
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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: you shall not make me ruler of the people.
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For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen; because their tongue and their doings
are against YHWH, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
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The show of their countenance does witness against them; and they declare their sin
as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe to their soul! for they have done evil to themselves.
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Say you of the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him]; for they shall eat the
fruit of their doings.
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Woe to the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]; for what his hands have done shall
be done to him.
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As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people,
they that lead you cause you to err, and destroy the way of your paths.
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YHWH stands up to contend, and stands to judge the peoples.
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YHWH will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and its princes:
It is you that have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses:
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what mean you that you crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? says the Lord,
YHWH of hosts.
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Moreover YHWH 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;
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therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of
Zion, and YHWH will lay bare their secret parts.
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In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, and the cauls, and
the crescents;
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the pendants, and the bracelets, and the mufflers;
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the headtires, and the ankle chains, and the sashes, and the perfume-boxes, and the
amulets;
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the rings, and the nose-jewels;
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the festival robes, and the mantles, and the shawls, and the satchels;
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the hand-mirrors, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the veils.
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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.
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Your men shall fall by the sword, and your mighty in the war.
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And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate and sit upon the ground.