Isa 3 | EngLXX | STEP | Behold now, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, will take away from Jerusalem and from Judea themighty man and mighty woman, the strength of bread, and the strength of water,

Isaiah 3

1 Behold now, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, will take away from Jerusalem and from Judea themighty man and mighty woman, the strength of bread, and the strength of water, 2 the great and mighty man, the warrior and the judge, and the prophet, and the counsellor,and the elder, 3 the captain of fifty also, and the honorable counsellor, and the wise artificer, and theintelligent hearer. 4 And I will make youths their princes, and mockers shall have dominion over them. 5 And the people shall fall, man upon man, andevery man upon his neighbor: the child shall insult the elder man, and the base the honorable. 6 For a man shall lay hold of his brother, as one of his father's household, saying, Youhave raiment, be you our ruler, and let my meat be under you. 7 And he shall answer in that day, and say, I will not be your ruler; for I have no breadin my house, nor raiment: I will not be the ruler of this people. 8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judea has fallen, and their tongueshave spoken with iniquity, disobedientas they are towards the Lord. 9 Wherefore now their glory has been brought low, and the shame of their countenance haswithstood them, and they have proclaimed their sin as Sodom, and made it manifest. 10 Woe to their soul, for they have devised an evil counsel against themselves, saying againstthemselves, Let us bind the just, for he is burdensome to us: therefore shall they eat the fruits of theirworks. 11 Woe to the transgressor! evils shall happen to him according to the works of his hands. 12 O my people, your exactors strip you, and extortioners rule over you: O my people, theythat pronounce you blesses lead you astray, and pervert the path of your feet. 13 But now the Lord will stand up for judgment, and will enter into judgment with his people. 14 The Lord himself shall enter into judgment with the elders of the people, and with theirrulers: but why have you⌃ set my vineyard on fire, andwhy is the spoil of the poor in your houses? 15 Why do you⌃ wrong my people, and shame the face of the poor? 16 Thus says the Lord, Because the daughters of Sion are haughty, and have walked with anoutstretched neck, and with winking of the eyes, and motion of the feet, at the same time drawing theirgarments in trains, and at the same time sporting with their feet: 17 therefore the Lord will humble the chief daughters of Sion, and the Lord will exposetheir form in that day; 18 and the Lord will take away the glory of their raiment, the curls and the fringes, andthe crescents, 19 and the chains, and the ornaments of their faces, 20 and the array of glorious ornaments, and the armlets, and the bracelets, and the wreathedwork, and the finger-rings, and the ornaments for the right hand, 23 and the ear-rings, and the garments with scarlet borders, and the garments with purplegrounds, and the shawls to be worn in the house, and the Spartan transparent dresses, and those made offine linen, and the purpleones, and the scarletones, and the fine linen, interwoven with gold and purple, and the light coverings for couches. 24 And there shall be instead of a sweet smell, dust; and instead of a girdle, you shallgird yourself with a rope; and instead of a golden ornament for the head, you shall have baldness on accountof your works; and instead of a tunic with a scarlet ground, you shall gird yourself with sackcloth. 25 And your most beautiful son whom you love shall fall by the sword; and your mighty menshall fall by the sword, and shall be brought low. 26 And the stores of your ornaments shall mourn, and you shall be left alone, and shallbe levelled with the ground.