Isaías 3

¹ For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, does take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stock and the store, the whole supply of bread, and the whole supply of water.

² The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the elder,

³ The captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counselor, and the skilled craftsman, and the eloquent orator.

⁴ And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

⁵ And the people shall be oppressed, everyone by another, and everyone by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the elder, and the base against the honorable.

⁶ When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, you have clothing, be our ruler, and let this ruin be under your hand:

⁷ In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be a healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.

⁸ For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their deeds are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

⁹ The look on their countenance does witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have brought evil unto themselves.

¹⁰ Say you to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

¹¹ Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be done to him.

¹² As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they who lead you cause you to err, and destroy the way of your paths.

¹³ The LORD stands up to plead, and stands to judge the people.

¹⁴ The LORD will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and its princes: For you have eaten up the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.

¹⁵ What do you mean that you beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? says the Lord GOD of hosts.

¹⁶ Moreover the LORD says, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and tripping as they go, and making a jingling with their feet:

¹⁷ Therefore the Lord will strike with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will uncover their secret parts.

¹⁸ In that day the Lord will take away the finery of their jingling ornaments about their ankles, and their scarves, and their crescents,

¹⁹ The pendants, and the bracelets, and the veils,

²⁰ The headdresses, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the perfume boxes, and the charms,

²¹ The rings, and nose rings,

²² The festal robes, and the mantles, and the cloaks, and the handbags,

²³ The mirrors, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the veils.

²⁴ And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet fragrance there shall be a stench; and instead of a sash, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a rich robe, a girding of sackcloth; and a burning scar instead of beauty.

²⁵ Your men shall fall by the sword, and your mighty men in the war.

²⁶ And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.