Isaiah:3

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* For , behold , the Lord , the LORD of hosts , doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff mish #enah #, the whole stay of bread , and the whole stay of water , * The mighty man , and the man of war , the judge , and the prophet , and the prudent , and the ancient , * The captain of fifty , and the honourable man , and the counsellor , and the cunning artificer , and the eloquent orator . * And I will give children to be their princes , and babes shall rule over them . * And 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 . * When 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 : * In 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 . * For Jerusalem is ruined , and Judah is fallen : because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD , to provoke the eyes of his glory . * The 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 . * Say ye to the righteous , that it shall be well with him : for they shall eat the fruit of their doings ma #alal #. * Woe unto the wicked ! it shall be ill with him : for the reward of his hands shall be given him . * As 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 . * The LORD standeth up to plead , and standeth to judge the people . * The 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 . * What mean ye that ye beat # my people to pieces , and grind the faces of the poor ? saith the Lord GOD of hosts . * Moreover 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 : * Therefore 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 . * In 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 , * The chains , and the bracelets , and the mufflers ra #alah #, * The bonnets p @#er #, and the ornaments of the legs ts @#adah #, and the headbands , and the tablets nephesh #, and the earrings , * The rings tabba #ath #, and nose jewels , * The changeable suits of apparel , and the mantles ma #ataphah #, and the wimples , and the crisping pins , * The glasses , and the fine linen , and the hoods , and the vails . * And 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 . * Thy men shall fall by the sword , and thy mighty in the war . * And her gates shall lament and mourn ; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground .

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