Isaiah 3:1-9

The LORD's Judgment on Judah and Jerusalem

3¹ For, behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support,
the whole supply of bread,
and the whole supply of water; ² the mighty man,
the man of war,
the judge,
the prophet,
the diviner,
the elder, ³ the captain of fifty,
the honorable man,
the counselor,
the skilled craftsman,
and the clever enchanter. ⁴ I will give boys to be their princes,
and children shall rule over them. ⁵ The people will be oppressed,
everyone by another,
and everyone by his neighbor.
The child will behave himself proudly against the old man,
and the base against the honorable. ⁶ Indeed a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying,
“You have clothing, you be our ruler,
and let this ruin be under your hand.” ⁷ In that day he will cry out, saying, I will not be a healer;
for in my house is neither bread nor clothing.
You shall not make me ruler of the people. ⁸ For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen;
because their tongue and their doings are against Yahweh,
to provoke the eyes of his glory.

⁹ The look of their faces testify against them.
They parade their sin like Sodom.
They don’t hide it.
Woe to their soul!
For they have brought disaster upon themselves.