Isaiah 3

¹For 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.

²The strong man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the cunning man, and the ancient.

³The captain over fifty, and the honourable in countenance, and the counsellor, and the architect, and the skillful in eloquent speech.

⁴And I will give children to be their princes, and the effeminate shall rule over them.

⁵And 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.

⁶For 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.

⁷In 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.

⁸For Jerusalem is ruined, and Juda is fallen: because their tongue, and their devices are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of his majesty.

⁹The 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.

¹⁰Say to the just man that it is well, for he shall eat the fruit of his doings.

¹¹Woe to the wicked unto evil: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.