Isaiah 3 — YLT

3Verse 1For, lo, the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is turning aside from Jerusalem, And from Judah, stay and staff, Every stay of bread, and every stay of water.^{Verse 2}Hero and man of war, judge and prophet, And diviner and elder,^{Verse 3}Head of fifty, and accepted of faces, And counsellor, and the wise of artificers, And the intelligent of charmers.^{Verse 4}And I have made youths their heads, And sucklings rule over them.^{Verse 5}And the people hath exacted — man upon man, Even a man on his neighbour, Enlarge themselves do the youths against the aged, And the lightly esteemed against the honoured.^{Verse 6}When one layeth hold on his brother, [Of] the house of his father, [by] the garment, 'Come, a ruler thou art to us, And this ruin [is] under thy hand.'^{Verse 7}He lifteth up, in that day, saying: 'I am not a binder up, And in my house is neither bread nor garment, Ye do not make me a ruler of the people.'^{Verse 8}For stumbled hath Jerusalem, and Judah hath fallen, For their tongue and their doings [are] against Jehovah, To provoke the eyes of His glory.^{Verse 9}The appearance of their faces witnessed against them, And their sin, as Sodom, they declared, They have not hidden! Woe to their soul, For they have done to themselves evil.^{Verse 10}Say ye to the righteous, that [it is] good, Because the fruit of their doings they eat.^{Verse 11}Woe to the wicked — evil, Because the deed of his hand is done to him.^{Verse 12}My people — its exactors [are] sucklings, And women have ruled over it. My people — thy eulogists are causing to err, And the way of thy paths swallowed up.^{Verse 13}Jehovah hath stood up to plead, And He is standing to judge the peoples.^{Verse 14}Jehovah into judgment doth enter With elders of His people, and its heads: 'And ye, ye have consumed the vineyard, Plunder of the poor [is] in your houses.^{Verse 15}What — to you? ye bruise My people, And the faces of the poor ye grind.' An affirmation of the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, And Jehovah saith:^{Verse 16}'Because that daughters of Zion have been haughty, And they walk stretching out the neck, And deceiving [with] the eyes, Walking and mincing they go, And with their feet they make a tinkling,^{Verse 17}The Lord also hath scabbed The crown of the head of daughters of Zion, And Jehovah their simplicity exposeth.^{Verse 18}In that day doth the Lord turn aside The beauty of the tinkling ornaments, And of the embroidered works, And of the round tires like moons,^{Verse 19}Of the drops, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,^{Verse 20}Of the bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, And of the bands, And of the perfume boxes, and the amulets,^{Verse 21}Of the seals, and of the nose-rings,^{Verse 22}Of the costly apparel, and of the mantles, And of the coverings, and of the purses,^{Verse 23}Of the mirrors, and of the linen garments, And of the hoods, and of the vails,^{Verse 24}And it hath been, instead of spice is muck, And instead of a girdle, a rope, And instead of curled work, baldness, And instead of a stomacher a girdle of sackcloth.^{Verse 25}For instead of glory, thy men by sword do fall, And thy might in battle.^{Verse 26}And lamented and mourned have her openings, Yea, she hath been emptied, on the earth she sitteth!