Isaiah 3  Holman Christian Standard Bible

3 Observe this: The Lord God of Hosts
is about to remove from Jerusalem and from Judah
every kind of security:
the entire supply of bread and water,
² the hero and warrior,^(A)
the judge and prophet,
the fortune-teller and elder,
³ the commander of 50 and the dignitary,
the counselor, cunning magician,^[a] and necromancer.^[b]
4 “I will make youths their leaders,^(B)
and the unstable^[c] will govern them.”
⁵ The people will oppress one another,^(C)
man against man, neighbor against neighbor;
the youth will act arrogantly toward the elder,
and the worthless toward the honorable.
⁶ A man will even seize his brother
in his father’s house, saying:
“You have a cloak—you be our leader!
This heap of rubble will be under your control.”
⁷ On that day he will cry out, saying:
“I’m not a healer.
I don’t even have food or clothing in my house.
Don’t make me the leader of the people!”
⁸ For Jerusalem has stumbled
and Judah has fallen
because they have spoken and acted against the Lord,^(D)
defying His glorious presence.^(E)
9 The look on their faces testifies against them,
and like Sodom,^(F) they flaunt their sin.
They do not conceal it.
Woe to them,
for they have brought evil on themselves.^(G)
10 Tell the righteous that it will go well for them,
for they will eat the fruit of their labor.
¹¹ Woe to the wicked—it will go badly for them,
for what they have done will be done to them.
¹² Youths oppress My people,^(H)
and women rule over them.
My people, your leaders mislead you;
they confuse the direction of your paths.^(I)