Isaiah 3  Common English Bible

⁶ Someone will seize a family member, saying, “You have clothing! You be our leader!
This mess will be your responsibility!”
⁷ Someone else will cry out on that day,
    “I’m no healer!
    I have neither food nor clothing in my house!
    Don’t make me the leader of the people!”

⁸ Yes, Jerusalem has stumbled
    and Judah has fallen,
        because the way they talk and act in word and deed insults the Lord,
        defying his brilliant glory.
⁹ Their bias in judgment gives them away;
    like Sodom, they display their sins in public.
    Doom to them, for they have done themselves in!
¹⁰ Tell the righteous how blessed they are;
    they will eat the fruit of their labors.
¹¹ Doom to the wicked; they are evil.
    What they have done will be done to them.
¹² As for my people—oppressors strip them
    and swindlers^[a] rule them.
My people—your leaders mislead you and confuse your paths.

¹³ The Lord arises to accuse;
    he stands to judge the peoples.
¹⁴ The Lord will enter into judgment
    with the elders and princes of his people:
You yourselves have devoured the vineyard;
    the goods stolen from the poor are in your houses.
¹⁵ How dare you crush my people
    and grind the faces of the poor?
    says the Lord God of heavenly forces.

¹⁶ The Lord says:
Because Zion’s daughters applaud themselves,
    walking with their chins in the air,
    flirting with their eyes,
    tiptoeing as they walk, feet jingling—
¹⁷     the Lord will shave the heads of Zion’s daughters,
    and will expose their scalps.
¹⁸ On that day, the Lord will remove:
    the splendid ankle chains; headbands and moon-shaped pendants;
¹⁹     the earrings, bracelets, and veils;
²⁰     the hats, bangles, and sashes;
    the amulets and charms;
²¹     the signet rings and nose rings;
²²     the robes and capes;
    the shawls and handbags;
²³     the mirrors and linen garments;
    the turbans and the veils.
²⁴ Instead of perfume there will be a disgusting odor;
    instead of a sash, a rope;
    instead of styled hair, shaved heads;
    instead of expensive clothes, rags as mourning clothes;
    instead of beauty, shame.^[b]

²⁵ Your men will fall by the sword,
    your warriors in battle!
²⁶ Her gates will lament and mourn;
    desolate, she will sit on the ground.