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The Prophecy
of Isaias 3
For behold the sovereign the Lord of hosts shall take
away from Jerusalem, and from Juda the valiant and the
strong, the whole strength of bread, and the whole strength
of water.
The strong man, and the man of war, the judge, and the
prophet, and the cunning man, and the ancient.
The captain over fifty, and the honourable in countenance,
and the counsellor, and the architect, and the skilful
in eloquent speech.
And I will give children to be their princes, and the
effeminate shall rule over them.
And the people shall rush one upon another, and every
man against his neighbour: the child shall make it tumult
against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
For a man shall take hold or his brother, one of the
house of his father, saying: Thou hast a garment, be
thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand.
In that day he shall answer, saying: I am no healer,
and in my house there is no bread, nor clothing: make
me not ruler of the people.
For Jerusalem is ruined, and Juda is fallen: because
their tongue, and their devices are against the Lord,
to provoke the eyes of his majesty.
The shew of their countenance hath answered them: and
they have proclaimed abroad their sin as Sodom, and
they have not hid it: woe to their souls, for evils
are rendered to them.
Say to the just man that it is well, for he shall eat
the fruit of his doings.
Woe to the wicked unto evil: for the reward of his hands
shall be given him.
As for my people, their oppressors have stripped them,
and women have ruled over them. O my people, they that
call thee blessed, the same deceive thee, and destroy
the way of thy steps.
The Lord standeth up to judge, and he standeth to judge
the people.
The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients
of his people, and its princes: for you have devoured
the vineyard, and the spoil of the poor is in your house.
Why do you consume my people, and grind the faces of
the poor? saith the Lord the God of hosts.
And the Lord said: Because the daughters of Sion are
haughty, and have walked with stretched out necks, and
wanton glances of their eyes, and made a noise as they
walked with their feet and moved in a set pace:
The Lord will make bald the crown of the head of the
daughters of Sion, and the Lord will discover their
hair.
In that day the Lord will take away the ornaments of
shoes, end little moons,
And chains and necklaces, and bracelets, and bonnets,
And bodkins, and ornaments of the legs, and tablets,
and sweet balls, and earrings,
And rings, and jewels hanging on the forehead,
And changes of apparel, and short cloaks, and fine linen,
and crisping pins,
And looking-glasses, and lawns, and headbands, and fine
veils.
And instead of a sweet smell there shall be stench,
and instead of a girdle, a cord, and instead of curled
hair, baldness, and instead of a stomacher, haircloth.
Thy fairest men also shall fall by the sword, and thy
valiant ones in battle.
And her gates shall lament and mourn, and she shall
sit desolate on the ground.
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