Isaiah 3

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1For, 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,30 cross-references: Leviticus 26:26, Ezekiel 14:13, Isaiah 1:24, Ezekiel 4:16–17, Isaiah 51:22
2The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,15 cross-references: Isaiah 9:14–15, Amos 2:3, Isaiah 2:13–15, Psalms 74:9, Ezekiel 9:5
3The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.10 cross-references: Judges 8:18, Deuteronomy 1:15, 1 Samuel 8:12, Exodus 18:21, Exodus 4:10
4And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.17 cross-references: Ecclesiastes 10:16, 2 Chronicles 36:9, 2 Chronicles 34:1, 2 Chronicles 36:5, 1 Kings 3:7–9
5And 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.35 cross-references: Malachi 3:5, Jeremiah 9:3–8, Leviticus 19:32, Micah 3:1–3, Isaiah 1:4
6When 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:9 cross-references: Isaiah 4:1, John 6:15, Judges 11:6–8
7In 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.10 cross-references: Hosea 5:13, Genesis 14:22, Ezekiel 34:4, Isaiah 58:12, Lamentations 2:13
8For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of his glory.38 cross-references: Malachi 3:13–15, 1 Corinthians 10:22, Hosea 7:16, Habakkuk 1:13, Jeremiah 26:6
9The 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.50 cross-references: Genesis 13:13, Jeremiah 6:15, Genesis 18:20–21, Romans 6:23, Ezekiel 23:16
10Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.73 cross-references: Psalms 128:1–2, Hebrews 6:10, Ecclesiastes 8:12, Galatians 6:7–8, Ezekiel 18:9–19
11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.62 cross-references: Ecclesiastes 8:13, James 2:13, Psalms 62:12, Psalms 28:4, Psalms 120:3–4
12As 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.24 cross-references: Isaiah 3:4, Nahum 3:13, Isaiah 28:14–15, Matthew 15:14, 2 Kings 11:1
13The Lord standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.10 cross-references: Micah 6:2, Hosea 4:1–2, Proverbs 23:10–11, Proverbs 22:22–23, Psalms 12:5
14The 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.22 cross-references: Job 22:4, Isaiah 5:7, Psalms 14:4, Isaiah 3:2–3, James 2:6
15What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord God of hosts.20 cross-references: Micah 3:2–3, Psalms 94:5, Amos 2:6–7, Amos 8:4–6, Exodus 5:14
16Moreover 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:37 cross-references: Ezekiel 16:49–50, Isaiah 32:9–11, Isaiah 4:4, Song of Solomon 3:11, Matthew 21:5
17Therefore 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.23 cross-references: Jeremiah 13:22, Leviticus 13:43–44, Isaiah 20:4, Micah 1:11, Revelation 16:2
18In 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,12 cross-references: Judges 8:21, Judges 8:26
19The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,13 cross-references: Ezekiel 16:11, Numbers 31:50, Genesis 38:18, Genesis 24:22, Genesis 24:30
20The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,6 cross-references: Exodus 39:28, Ezekiel 16:12, Exodus 32:2, Hosea 2:13, Genesis 35:4
21The rings, and nose jewels,11 cross-references: Genesis 24:47, 1 Peter 3:3–4, James 2:2, Genesis 41:42, Esther 8:12
22The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins,
23The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.10 cross-references: Song of Solomon 5:7, Revelation 19:14, Ruth 3:15, Luke 16:19, Genesis 41:42
24And 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.36 cross-references: Ezekiel 27:31, Lamentations 2:10, Micah 1:16, Isaiah 22:12, Isaiah 15:3
25Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.13 cross-references: Lamentations 2:21, Jeremiah 19:7, 2 Chronicles 29:9, Jeremiah 11:22, Isaiah 1:20
26And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.28 cross-references: Lamentations 2:10, Jeremiah 14:2, Lamentations 1:4, Job 2:13, Job 2:8

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