Isaiah 3:8-15

English Standard Version

⁸For Jerusalem has stumbled,
and Judah has fallen,
because their ^(A)speech and their deeds are against the Lord,
^(B)defying his glorious presence.^[a]

⁹For the look on their faces bears witness against them;
    they proclaim their sin ^(C)like Sodom;
    they do not hide it.
Woe to them!
    ^(D)For they have brought evil on themselves.
¹⁰^(E)Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them,
    ^(F)for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
¹¹^(G)Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him,
    for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.
¹²My people—^(H)infants are their oppressors,
    and women rule over them.
O my people, ^(I)your guides mislead you
    and they have swallowed up^[b] the course of your paths.

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