Isaiah 3:1–7

Leaders of Judah and Jerusalem

3 For look, the Lord Yahweh of hosts is removing ⌊every source of support⌋a

from Jerusalem and from Judah:

all of the supplies of bread

and all of the supplies of water,

2 mighty warrior and man of war,

judge and prophet,

and diviner and elder,

3 captain of fifty and the honorable men of rank,

and counselor and skillful magicians and skillful enchanter.

4 And I will make boys their princes,

and children shall rule over them.

5 And the people will be oppressed ⌊by each other⌋b

and a man by his neighbor.

The boy will act arrogantly toward the elder,

and the dishonorable toward the honorable.

6 Indeed, a man will seize his brother

in the house of his father:

“⌊You have a cloak⌋;c

you shall be a leader for us,

and this heap of ruins shall be under your hand!”

7 He will lift up his voice on that day, saying,

“I will not be a healer;

in my house there is no bread

and there is no cloak.

You shall not make me the leader of the people!”