Judgment on Judah and Jerusalem

Isaiah 3

1 For behold, the s Lord God of hosts
is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah
support and supply, 1
all t support of bread,
and all support of water;
 2 u the mighty man and the soldier,
the judge and the prophet,
the diviner and the elder,
 3 the captain of fifty
and the man of rank,
the counselor and the skillful magician
and the expert in charms.
 4 v And I will make boys their princes,
and infants 2 shall rule over them.
 5 w And the people will oppress one another,
every one his fellow
and every one his neighbor;
the youth will be insolent to the elder,
and the despised to the honorable.

6 For x a man will take hold of his brother
in the house of his father, saying:
"You have a cloak;
you shall be our leader,
and this heap of ruins
shall be under your rule";
 7 in that day he will speak out, saying:
"I will not be a y healer; 3
in my house there is neither bread nor cloak;
you shall not make me
leader of the people."
 8 For Jerusalem has stumbled,
and Judah has fallen,
because their z speech and their deeds are against the Lord,
a defying his glorious presence. 4

9 For the look on their faces bears witness against them;
they proclaim their sin b like Sodom;
they do not hide it.
Woe to them!
c For they have brought evil on themselves.
 10 d Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them,
e for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
 11 f Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him,
for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.
 12 My people - g infants are their oppressors,
and women rule over them.
O my people, h your guides mislead you
and they have swallowed up 5 the course of your paths.

13 The Lord i has taken his place to contend;
he stands to judge peoples.
 14 The Lord will enter into judgment
with the j elders and princes of his people:
"It is you who k have devoured 6 the vineyard,
l the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
 15 What do you mean by m crushing my people,
by grinding the face of the poor?"
declares the Lord God of hosts.

16 The Lord said:
n Because o the daughters of Zion are haughty
and walk with outstretched necks,
glancing wantonly with their eyes,
mincing along as they go,
p tinkling with their feet,
 17 therefore the Lord q will strike with a scab
the heads of o the daughters of Zion,
and the Lord will lay bare their secret parts.

18 In that day the Lord will take away r the finery of the anklets, the s headbands, and the t crescents; 19 the pendants, the bracelets, and the scarves; 20 the u headdresses, the armlets, the sashes, the perfume boxes, and the amulets; 21 the signet rings and v nose rings; 22 the w festal robes, the mantles, the cloaks, and the handbags; 23 the mirrors, the linen garments, the turbans, and the veils.

24 Instead of x perfume there will be rottenness;
and instead of a y belt, a rope;
and instead of z well-set hair, a baldness;
and instead of a rich robe, a b skirt of sackcloth;
and c branding instead of beauty.
 25 Your men shall fall by the sword
and your mighty men in battle.
 26 And d her gates shall lament and mourn;
empty, she shall e sit on the ground.

Isaiah 4

1 f And seven women g shall take hold of f one man in that day, saying, "We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; h take away our reproach."

  1. Cross References
    Isaiah 1:24
    Therefore the Lord declares, the Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: "Ah, I will get relief from my enemies and avenge myself on my foes.
  2. Cross References
    Leviticus 26:26
    When I break your supply of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in a single oven and shall dole out your bread again by weight, and you shall eat and not be satisfied.
    Ezekiel 4:16
    Moreover, he said to me, "Son of man, behold, I will break the supply of bread in Jerusalem. They shall eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and they shall drink water by measure and in dismay.
  3. Cross References
    2 Kings 24:14
    He carried away all Jerusalem and all the officials and all the mighty men of valor, 10,000 captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained, except the poorest people of the land.
    Ezekiel 17:13 - 14
    And he took one of the royal offspring and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath ( the chief men of the land he had taken away).
  4. Cross References
    Isaiah 3:12
    My people - infants are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, your guides mislead you and they have swallowed up the course of your paths.
    Ecclesiastes 10:16
    Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes feast in the morning!
  5. Cross References
    Micah 7:3 - 6
    Their hands are on what is evil, to do it well; the prince and the judge ask for a bribe, and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul; thus they weave it together.
  6. Cross References
    Isaiah 4:1
    And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, "We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; take away our reproach.
  7. Cross References
    Isaiah 1:6
    From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is no soundness in it, but bruises and sores and raw wounds; they are not pressed out or bound up or softened with oil.
  8. Cross References
    Psalms 73:9 - 11
    They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth.
  9. Cross References
    Isaiah 65:3
    A people who provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens and making offerings on bricks.
  10. Cross References
    Genesis 13:13
    Now the men of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the Lord.
    Genesis 18:20
    Then the Lord said, "Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave.
    Ezekiel 16:46
    And your elder sister is Samaria, who lived with her daughters to the north of you; and your younger sister, who lived to the south of you, is Sodom with her daughters.
    Ezekiel 16:48 - 49
    As I live, declares the Lord God, your sister Sodom and her daughters have not done as you and your daughters have done.
  11. Cross References
    Romans 6:23
    For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  12. Cross References
    Ecclesiastes 8:12
    Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I know that it will be well with those who fear God, because they fear before him.
    Deuteronomy 28:1 - 14
    And if you faithfully obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
  13. Cross References
    Psalms 128:2
    You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.
  14. Cross References
    Ecclesiastes 8:13
    But it will not be well with the wicked, neither will he prolong his days like a shadow, because he does not fear before God.
    Deuteronomy 28:15 - 68
    But if you will not obey the voice of the Lord your God or be careful to do all his commandments and his statutes that I command you today, then all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you.
  15. Cross References
    Isaiah 3:4
    And I will make boys their princes, and infants shall rule over them.
  16. Cross References
    Isaiah 28:14 - 22
    Therefore hear the word of the Lord, you scoffers, who rule this people in Jerusalem!
  17. Cross References
    Psalms 7:6
    Arise, O Lord, in your anger; lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies; awake for me; you have appointed a judgment.
    Hosea 4:1
    Hear the word of the Lord, O children of Israel, for the Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land.
  18. Cross References
    Micah 3:1
    And I said: Hear, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel! Is it not for you to know justice? -
  19. Cross References
    Psalms 14:4
    Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers who eat up my people as they eat bread and do not call upon the Lord ?
  20. Cross References
    Amos 3:10
    "They do not know how to do right," declares the Lord, "those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds."
  21. Cross References
    Psalms 94:5
    They crush your people, O Lord, and afflict your heritage.
  22. Cross References
    Isaiah 32:9 - 11
    Rise up, you women who are at ease, hear my voice; you complacent daughters, give ear to my speech.
  23. Cross References
    Isaiah 4:4
    When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by a spirit of burning.
    Song of Solomon 3:11
    Go out, O daughters of Zion, and look upon King Solomon, with the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, on the day of the gladness of his heart.
  24. Cross References
    Isaiah 3:18
    In that day the Lord will take away the finery of the anklets, the headbands, and the crescents.
  25. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 28:60
    And he will bring upon you again all the diseases of Egypt, of which you were afraid, and they shall cling to you.
  26. Cross References
    Isaiah 3:16
    The Lord said: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with outstretched necks, glancing wantonly with their eyes, mincing along as they go, tinkling with their feet.
  27. Cross References
    Isaiah 3:16
    The Lord said: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with outstretched necks, glancing wantonly with their eyes, mincing along as they go, tinkling with their feet.
  28. Cross References
    1 Peter 3:3
    Do not let your adorning be external - the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear -
  29. Cross References
    Judges 8:21
    Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, "Rise yourself and fall upon us, for as the man is, so is his strength." And Gideon arose and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments that were on the necks of their camels.
    Judges 8:26
    And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was 1,700 shekels of gold, besides the crescent ornaments and the pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Midian, and besides the collars that were around the necks of their camels.
  30. Cross References
    Exodus 39:28
    And the turban of fine linen, and the caps of fine linen, and the linen undergarments of fine twined linen.
    Ezekiel 24:17
    Sigh, but not aloud; make no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban, and put your shoes on your feet; do not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
  31. Cross References
    Genesis 24:47
    Then I asked her, 'Whose daughter are you?' She said, 'The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him.' So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her arms.
    Ezekiel 16:12
    And I put a ring on your nose and earrings in your ears and a beautiful crown on your head.
  32. Cross References
    Luke 15:22
    But the father said to his servants, 'Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.
  33. Cross References
    Esther 2:12
    Now when the turn came for each young woman to go in to King Ahasuerus, after being twelve months under the regulations for the women, since this was the regular period of their beautifying, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and ointments for women -
  34. Cross References
    Proverbs 31:24
    She makes linen garments and sells them; she delivers sashes to the merchant.
  35. Cross References
    1 Peter 3:3
    Do not let your adorning be external - the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear -
  36. Cross References
    Isaiah 15:2
    He has gone up to the temple, and to Dibon, to the high places to weep; over Nebo and over Medeba Moab wails. On every head is baldness; every beard is shorn.
    Isaiah 22:12
    In that day the Lord God of hosts called for weeping and mourning, for baldness and wearing sackcloth.
    Ezekiel 27:31
    They make themselves bald for you and put sackcloth on their waist, and they weep over you in bitterness of soul, with bitter mourning.
    Amos 8:10
    I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation; I will bring sackcloth on every waist and baldness on every head; I will make it like the mourning for an only son and the end of it like a bitter day.
    Micah 1:16
    Make yourselves bald and cut off your hair, for the children of your delight; make yourselves as bald as the eagle, for they shall go from you into exile.
  37. Cross References
    Isaiah 15:3
    In the streets they wear sackcloth; on the housetops and in the squares everyone wails and melts in tears.
    Genesis 37:34
    Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.
    Lamentations 2:10
    The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence; they have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth; the young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.
  38. Cross References
    Leviticus 19:28
    You shall not make any cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the Lord.
  39. Cross References
    Jeremiah 14:2
    Judah mourns, and her gates languish; her people lament on the ground, and the cry of Jerusalem goes up.
    Lamentations 1:4
    The roads to Zion mourn, for none come to the festival; all her gates are desolate; her priests groan; her virgins have been afflicted, and she herself suffers bitterly.
  40. Cross References
    Job 2:13
    And they sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his suffering was very great.
    Lamentations 2:10
    The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence; they have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth; the young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.
  41. Cross References
    Isaiah 13:12
    I will make people more rare than fine gold, and mankind than the gold of Ophir.
  42. Cross References
    Isaiah 13:12
    I will make people more rare than fine gold, and mankind than the gold of Ophir.
  43. Cross References
    Isaiah 3:6
    For a man will take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying: "You have a cloak; you shall be our leader, and this heap of ruins shall be under your rule".
  44. Cross References
    Genesis 30:23
    She conceived and bore a son and said, "God has taken away my reproach.
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