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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judgment against Judah</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The Lord, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> of Heaven&#8217;s Armies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.3.1"><span class="content">will take away from Jerusalem and Judah</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.3.1"><span class="content">everything they depend on:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.3.1"><span class="content">every bit of bread</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.3.1"><span class="content">and every drop of water,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">all their heroes and soldiers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.3.2"><span class="content">judges and prophets,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.3.2"><span class="content">fortune-tellers and elders,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">army officers and high officials,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.3.3"><span class="content">advisers, skilled sorcerers, and astrologers.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I will make boys their leaders,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.3.4"><span class="content">and toddlers their rulers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">People will oppress each other&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.3.5"><span class="content">man against man,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.3.5"><span class="content">neighbor against neighbor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.3.5"><span class="content">Young people will insult their elders,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.3.5"><span class="content">and vulgar people will sneer at the honorable.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">In those days a man will say to his brother,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.3.6"><span class="content">&#8220;Since you have a coat, you be our leader!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.3.6"><span class="content">Take charge of this heap of ruins!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But he will reply,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.3.7"><span class="content">&#8220;No! I can&#8217;t help.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.3.7"><span class="content">I don&#8217;t have any extra food or clothes.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.3.7"><span class="content">Don&#8217;t put me in charge!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For Jerusalem will stumble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.3.8"><span class="content">and Judah will fall,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.3.8"><span class="content">because they speak out against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and refuse to obey him.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.3.8"><span class="content">They provoke him to his face.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.3.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The very look on their faces gives them away.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.3.9"><span class="content">They display their sin like the people of Sodom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.3.9"><span class="content">and don&#8217;t even try to hide it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.3.9"><span class="content">They are doomed!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.3.9"><span class="content">They have brought destruction upon themselves.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Tell the godly that all will be well for them.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.3.10"><span class="content">They will enjoy the rich reward they have earned!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But the wicked are doomed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.3.11"><span class="content">for they will get exactly what they deserve.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Childish leaders oppress my people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.3.12"><span class="content">and women rule over them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.3.12"><span class="content">O my people, your leaders mislead you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.3.12"><span class="content">they send you down the wrong road.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> takes his place in court</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.3.13"><span class="content">and presents his case against his people.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:13 </span><span class="ft">As in Greek and Syriac versions; Hebrew reads </span><span class="fqa">against the peoples.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord </span></span><span class="content">comes forward to pronounce judgment</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.3.14"><span class="content">on the elders and rulers of his people:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.3.14"><span class="content">&#8220;You have ruined Israel, my vineyard.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.3.14"><span class="content">Your houses are filled with things stolen from the poor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">How dare you crush my people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.3.15"><span class="content">grinding the faces of the poor into the dust?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.3.15"><span class="content">demands the Lord, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> of Heaven&#8217;s Armies.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Warning to Jerusalem</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says, &#8220;Beautiful Zion</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">The women of Zion </span><span class="ft">(with corresponding changes to plural forms through verse 24); Hebrew reads </span><span class="fqa">The daughters of Zion; </span><span class="ft">also in 3:17.</span></span></span><span class="content"> is haughty:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.3.16"><span class="content">craning her elegant neck,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.3.16"><span class="content">flirting with her eyes,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.3.16"><span class="content">walking with dainty steps,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.3.16"><span class="content">tinkling her ankle bracelets.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">So the Lord will send scabs on her head;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.3.17"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will make beautiful Zion bald.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.3.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">On that day of judgment</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.3.18"><span class="content">the Lord will strip away everything that makes her beautiful:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.3.18"><span class="content">ornaments, headbands, crescent necklaces,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.3.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">earrings, bracelets, and veils;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.3.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">scarves, ankle bracelets, sashes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.3.20"><span class="content">perfumes, and charms;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.3.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">rings, jewels,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.3.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">party clothes, gowns, capes, and purses;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.3.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">mirrors, fine linen garments,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.3.23"><span class="content">head ornaments, and shawls.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.3.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Instead of smelling of sweet perfume, she will stink.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.3.24"><span class="content">She will wear a rope for a sash,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.3.24"><span class="content">and her elegant hair will fall out.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.3.24"><span class="content">She will wear rough burlap instead of rich robes.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.3.24"><span class="content">Shame will replace her beauty.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:24 </span><span class="ft">As in Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text reads </span><span class="fqa">robes / because instead of beauty.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.3.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.3.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The men of the city will be killed with the sword,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.3.25"><span class="content">and her warriors will die in battle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.3.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.3.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The gates of Zion will weep and mourn.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.3.26"><span class="content">The city will be like a ravaged woman,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.3.26"><span class="content">huddled on the ground.</span></span></div>
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 Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

The Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,
will take away from Jerusalem and Judah
everything they depend on:
every bit of bread
and every drop of water,
all their heroes and soldiers,
judges and prophets,
fortune-tellers and elders,
army officers and high officials,
advisers, skilled sorcerers, and astrologers.

I will make boys their leaders,
and toddlers their rulers.
People will oppress each other—
man against man,
neighbor against neighbor.
Young people will insult their elders,
and vulgar people will sneer at the honorable.

In those days a man will say to his brother,
“Since you have a coat, you be our leader!
Take charge of this heap of ruins!”
But he will reply,
“No! I can’t help.
I don’t have any extra food or clothes.
Don’t put me in charge!”

For Jerusalem will stumble,
and Judah will fall,
because they speak out against the LORD and refuse to obey him.
They provoke him to his face.
The very look on their faces gives them away.
They display their sin like the people of Sodom
and don’t even try to hide it.
They are doomed!
They have brought destruction upon themselves.

Tell the godly that all will be well for them.
They will enjoy the rich reward they have earned!
But the wicked are doomed,
for they will get exactly what they deserve.

Childish leaders oppress my people,
and women rule over them.
O my people, your leaders mislead you;
they send you down the wrong road.

The LORD takes his place in court
and presents his case against his people.
The LORD comes forward to pronounce judgment
on the elders and rulers of his people:
“You have ruined Israel, my vineyard.
Your houses are filled with things stolen from the poor.
How dare you crush my people,
grinding the faces of the poor into the dust?”
demands the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

The LORD says, “Beautiful Zion is haughty:
craning her elegant neck,
flirting with her eyes,
walking with dainty steps,
tinkling her ankle bracelets.
So the Lord will send scabs on her head;
the LORD will make beautiful Zion bald.”

On that day of judgment
the Lord will strip away everything that makes her beautiful:
ornaments, headbands, crescent necklaces,
earrings, bracelets, and veils;
scarves, ankle bracelets, sashes,
perfumes, and charms;
rings, jewels,
party clothes, gowns, capes, and purses;
mirrors, fine linen garments,
head ornaments, and shawls.

Instead of smelling of sweet perfume, she will stink.
She will wear a rope for a sash,
and her elegant hair will fall out.
She will wear rough burlap instead of rich robes.
Shame will replace her beauty.
The men of the city will be killed with the sword,
and her warriors will die in battle.
The gates of Zion will weep and mourn.
The city will be like a ravaged woman,
huddled on the ground.

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