Holy Bible
(King James Version)
Isaiah:
Chapter 3
1. FOR,
behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and
from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the
whole stay of water,
2. The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and
the prudent, and the ancient,
3. The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and
the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
4. And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule
over them.
5. 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.
6. 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:
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they
shall eat the fruit of their doings.
11. Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his
hands shall be given him.
12. 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.
13. The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.
14. 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.
15. What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces
of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. 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,
19. The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,
20. The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and
the tablets, and the earrings.
21. The rings, and nose jewels,
22. The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples,
and the crisping pins,
23. The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the veils.
24. 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.
25. Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
26. And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall
sit upon the ground.
Sept. 27 Daily reading schedule, go to chapter 4
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