Isaiah 3:1–15

For, behold, ^athe Lord, the Lord of hosts,

^bDoth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah ^cthe stay and the staff,

The whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,

^2dThe mighty man, and the man of war,

The judge, and the prophet, and ^ethe prudent, and the ancient,

³The captain of fifty, and ^†the honourable man,

And the counseller, and ^fthe cunning artificer, and the ^||eloquent orator.

⁴And ^hI will give children to be their princes,

And ⁱbabes shall rule over them.

⁵And the people shall be ^joppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour:

The child shall ^kbehave himself proudly against the ancient,

And the base against the honourable.

⁶When ^la man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying,

Thou hast clothing, be thou our ^mruler,

And let this ⁿruin be under thy hand:

^7oIn that day shall he ^†swear, saying,

I will not be an ^†healer;

For in my house is neither bread nor clothing:

Make me not a ^mruler of the people.

⁸For Jerusalem ⁿis ruined, and Judah is fallen:

Because their tongue and their doings are against the Lord,

^pTo provoke the eyes of his glory.

⁹The shew of their countenance doth witness against them;

And they ^qdeclare their sin ^ras Sodom, they hide it not.

Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

¹⁰Say ye to the righteous, ^sthat it shall be ^twell with him:

For ^uthey shall eat the fruit of their doings.

¹¹Woe unto the wicked! ^vit shall be ill with him:

For ^wthe reward of his hands shall be ^†given him.

¹²As for my people, ^hchildren are their ^joppressors,

And women rule over them.

O my people, ^||they which lead thee cause thee to err,

And ^†destroy the way of thy paths.

¹³The Lord ^xstandeth up ^yto plead,

And standeth to judge the people.

¹⁴The Lord ^zwill enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof:

For ye have ^||eaten up ^athe vineyard;

The spoil of the poor is in your houses.

¹⁵What mean ye that ye ^bbeat my people to pieces,

And grind the faces of the poor?

Saith the Lord God of hosts.