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Isaiah 3

God Will Remove the Leaders

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For behold, the Lord  1GOD of hosts  ais going to remove from Jerusalem and Judah Both  2supply and support, the whole  2supply of bread And the whole  2supply of water;

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 aThe mighty man and the warrior, The judge and the prophet, The diviner and the elder,

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The captain of fifty and the honorable man, The counselor and the expert artisan, And the skillful enchanter.

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And I will make mere  alads their princes, And  1capricious children will rule over them,

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And the people will be  aoppressed, Each one by another, and each one by his  bneighbor; The youth will storm against the elder And the inferior against the honorable.

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When a man  alays hold of his brother in his father's house, saying, "You have a cloak, you shall be our ruler, And these ruins will be under your  1charge,"

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He will  1protest on that day, saying, "I will not be your  2 ahealer, For in my house there is neither bread nor cloak; You should not appoint me ruler of the people."

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For  aJerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen, Because their  1 bspeech and their actions are against the LORD, To  crebel against  2His glorious presence.

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 1The expression of their faces bears witness against them, And they display their sin like  aSodom; They do not even conceal it. Woe to  2them! For they have  bbrought evil on themselves.

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Say to the  arighteous that it will go well with them, For they will eat the fruit of their actions.

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Woe to the wicked! It will go badly with him, For  1 awhat he deserves will be done to him.

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O My people! Their oppressors  1are  achildren, And women rule over them. O My people!  bThose who guide you lead you astray And confuse the direction of your paths.

God Will Judge

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 aThe LORD arises to contend, And stands to judge the people.

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The LORD  aenters into judgment with the elders and princes of His people, "It is you who have  bdevoured the vineyard; The  cplunder of the poor is in your houses.

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"What do you mean by  acrushing My people And grinding the face of the poor?" Declares the Lord  1GOD of hosts.

Judah's Women Denounced

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Moreover, the LORD said, "Because the  adaughters of Zion are proud And walk with  1heads held high and seductive eyes, And go along with mincing steps And tinkle the bangles on their feet,

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Therefore the Lord will afflict the scalp of the daughters of Zion with scabs, And the LORD will make their foreheads bare."

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In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, headbands,  acrescent ornaments,

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dangling earrings, bracelets, veils,

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 aheaddresses, ankle chains, sashes, perfume boxes, amulets,

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 1finger rings,  anose rings,

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festal robes, outer tunics, cloaks, money purses,

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hand mirrors, undergarments, turbans and veils.

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Now it will come about that instead of  1sweet  aperfume there will be putrefaction; Instead of a belt, a rope; Instead of  bwell-set hair, a  cplucked-out scalp; Instead of fine clothes, a  ddonning of sackcloth; And branding instead of beauty.

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Your men will  afall by the sword And your  1mighty ones in battle.

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And her  1 agates will lament and mourn, And deserted she will  bsit on the ground.



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