Isaiah 3

3 ¹ For look—the Father of heaven's armies is about to strip from Jerusalem and from Judah every support and supply: the whole supply of bread and the whole supply of water, ² the warrior and the soldier, the judge and the prophet, the fortune-teller and the elder, ³ the commander of fifty and the man of rank, the counselor, the skilled craftsman, and the clever enchanter.

⁴ "I will make mere boys their officials, and childish whim will rule over them.

⁵ The people will oppress one another, each man against his neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the lowly against the honored. ⁶ A man will seize his brother in his father's house and say, "You have a coat—you be our leader; take charge of this heap of ruins. ⁷ But on that day he will cry out, "I am no healer! There is no bread and no coat in my house—you will not make me leader of the people. ⁸ For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen, because their words and their deeds are against our Father, defying his glorious presence. ⁹ The look on their faces testifies against them; they flaunt their sin like Sodom—they do not hide it. How terrible for them, for they have brought disaster on themselves! ¹⁰ Tell the righteous it will go well with them, for they will eat the fruit of their deeds. ¹¹ How terrible for the wicked! It will go badly for him, for what his hands have done will be repaid to him. ¹² My people—children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people, your guides lead you astray and have swallowed up the path you should walk.

¹³ Our Father takes his stand to bring his case; he rises to judge the peoples.

¹⁴ Our Father enters into judgment with the elders and officials of his people: "It is you who have devoured the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses. ¹⁵ What do you mean by crushing my people and grinding the faces of the poor?" declares the Father of heaven's armies.

¹⁶ Our Father said: "Because the daughters of Zion are proud—walking with outstretched necks and flirting eyes, mincing along with quick little steps, jingling the anklets on their feet— ¹⁷ therefore the Sovereign Father will strike the heads of the daughters of Zion with scabs, and our Father will lay bare their foreheads.

¹⁸ On that day the Sovereign Father will strip away their finery: the anklets, the headbands, the crescent ornaments, ¹⁹ the earrings, the bracelets, the veils, ²⁰ the headdresses, the ankle chains, the sashes, the perfume flasks, the charms, ²¹ the signet rings, the nose rings, ²² the festival robes, the capes, the cloaks, the purses, ²³ the hand mirrors, the fine linen garments, the turbans, and the shawls.

²⁴ Then, instead of perfume there will be a stench instead of a sash, a rope instead of elegantly styled hair, baldness instead of fine robes, a wrapping of coarse cloth branding instead of beauty. ²⁵ Your men will fall by the sword, your warriors in the battle. ²⁶ Her gates will mourn and lament; stripped bare, she will sit on the ground.