Isaiah

Chapter 3

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¹For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,2 sermons²The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,2 sermons³The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.2 sermons⁴And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.2 sermons⁵And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.2 sermons⁶When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:2 sermons⁷In 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 ruler of the people.2 sermons⁸For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of his glory.2 sermons⁹The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.2 sermons¹⁰Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.2 sermons¹¹Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.2 sermons¹²As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.2 sermons¹³The Lord standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.2 sermons¹⁴The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.2 sermons¹⁵What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord God of hosts.2 sermons¹⁶Moreover the Lord saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:2 sermons¹⁷Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will discover their secret parts.2 sermons¹⁸In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon,2 sermons¹⁹The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,2 sermons²⁰The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,2 sermons²¹The rings, and nose jewels,2 sermons²²The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins,2 sermons²³The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.2 sermons²⁴And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.2 sermons²⁵Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.2 sermons²⁶And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.2 sermons