Isaiah 3:12-4:1

English Standard Version

¹²My people—^(A)infants are their oppressors,
and women rule over them.
O my people, ^(B)your guides mislead you
and they have swallowed up^[a] the course of your paths.

¹³The Lord ^(C)has taken his place to contend;
    he stands to judge peoples.
¹⁴The Lord will enter into judgment
    with the ^(D)elders and princes of his people:
“It is you who ^(E)have devoured^[b] the vineyard,
    ^(F)the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
¹⁵What do you mean by ^(G)crushing my people,
    by grinding the face of the poor?”
declares the Lord God of hosts.

¹⁶The Lord said:
^(H)Because ^(I)the daughters of Zion are haughty
    and walk with outstretched necks,
    glancing wantonly with their eyes,
mincing along as they go,
    ^(J)tinkling with their feet,
¹⁷therefore the Lord ^(K)will strike with a scab
    the heads of ^(L)the daughters of Zion,
    and the Lord will lay bare their secret parts.

¹⁸In that day the Lord will take away ^(M)the finery of the anklets, the ^(N)headbands, and the ^(O)crescents; ¹⁹the pendants, the bracelets, and the scarves; ²⁰the ^(P)headdresses, the armlets, the sashes, the perfume boxes, and the amulets; ²¹the signet rings and ^(Q)nose rings; ²²the ^(R)festal robes, the mantles, the cloaks, and the handbags; ²³the mirrors, the linen garments, the turbans, and the veils.

²⁴Instead of ^(S)perfume there will be rottenness;
    and instead of a ^(T)belt, a rope;
and instead of ^(U)well-set hair, ^(V)baldness;
    and instead of a rich robe, a ^(W)skirt of sackcloth;
    and ^(X)branding instead of beauty.
²⁵Your men shall fall by the sword
    and your mighty men in battle.
²⁶And ^(Y)her gates shall lament and mourn;
    empty, she shall ^(Z)sit on the ground.

4 ^(AA)And seven women ^(AB)shall take hold of ^(AC)one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; ^(AD)take away our reproach.”