Noyes - Isaiah - 3

3:1  For behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, Taketh away from Jerusalem and from Judah every stay and support; The whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water;

3:2  The mighty man, and the warrior, The judge, the prophet, the diviner, and the sage,

3:3  The captain of fifty, and the honorable man, The counsellor, the expert in arts, and the skilful in charms.

3:4  And I will make boys their princes, And children shall rule over them.

3:5  And the people shall oppress one another, Man striving against man, and neighbor against neighbor; The boy shall behave himself insolently toward the aged, And the base toward the honorable.

3:6  Then shall a man take hold of his brother in his father’s house, [and say,] Thou hast yet clothing, Be thou our ruler, And take this ruin into thy hands!

3:7  But in that day shall he lift up his hand, and say: I am no healer; In my house is neither bread nor raiment; Make not me ruler of the people!

3:8  For Jerusalem tottereth, and Judah falleth, Because their tongues and their deeds are against Jehovah, To provoke his holy eyes.

3:9  Their very countenance witnesseth against them; They publish their sin like Sodom; they hide it not; Woe to them, for they bring evil upon themselves!

3:10  Say ye of the righteous that it shall be well with him, For he shall eat the fruit of his doings.

3:11  Woe to the wicked, it shall be ill with him, For the work of his hands shall be repaid him!

3:12  As for my people, children are their oppressors, And women rule over them. O my people, thy leaders cause thee to err, And destroy the way in which thou walkest!

3:13  Jehovah standeth up to maintain his cause; He standeth up to judge his people.

3:14  Jehovah entereth into judgment with the elders of his people, and their princes: "So then ye have consumed the vineyard; The plunder of the poor is in your houses!

3:15  What mean ye, that ye crush my people, And grind the faces of the poor?" Saith Jehovah, the Lord of hosts.

3:16  Thus, also, saith Jehovah: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, And walk with outstretched necks, And glance their eyes wantonly, Mincing their steps as they go, And tinkling with their foot-clasps,

3:17  Therefore will the Lord make their heads bald, And Jehovah will expose their nakedness.

3:18  In that day shall the Lord take from them The ornaments of the foot-clasps, and the net-works, and the crescents;

3:19  The ear-rings, and the bracelets, and the veils;

3:20  The turbans, and the ankle-chains, and the belts; The perfume-boxes, and the amulets;

3:21  The finger-rings, and the nose-jewels;

3:22  The embroidered robes, and the tunics, and the cloaks, and the purses;

3:23  The mirrors, and the linen shifts, and the head-bands, and the large veils.

3:24  And instead of perfume there shall be corruption; Instead of a belt, a rope; Instead of curled locks, baldness; Instead of a wide mantle, a covering of sackcloth; Fire-scars instead of beauty.

3:25  Thy men shall fall by the sword, Yea, thy mighty men in battle;

3:26  Her gates shall lament and mourn, And she, being desolate, shall sit upon the ground.