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Isaiah 3
The Message
Isaiah 3
The Message
Jerusalem on Its Last Legs
3 1-7 The Master, God-of-the-Angel-Armies,
is emptying Jerusalem and Judah
Of all the basic necessities,
plain bread and water to begin with.
He’s withdrawing police and protection,
judges and courts,
pastors and teachers,
captains and generals,
doctors and nurses,
and, yes, even the repairmen and jacks-of-all-trades.
He says, “I’ll put little kids in charge of the city.
Schoolboys and schoolgirls will order everyone around.
People will be at each other’s throats,
stabbing one another in the back:
Neighbor against neighbor, young against old,
the no-account against the well-respected.
One brother will grab another and say,
‘You look like you’ve got a head on your shoulders.
Do something!
Get us out of this mess.’
And he’ll say, ‘Me? Not me! I don’t have a clue.
Don’t put me in charge of anything.’
8-9 “Jerusalem’s on its last legs.
Judah is soon down for the count.
Everything people say and do
is at cross-purposes with God,
a slap in my face.
Brazen in their depravity,
they flaunt their sins like degenerate Sodom.
Doom to their eternal souls! They’ve made their bed;
now they’ll sleep in it.
10-11 “Reassure the righteous
that their good living will pay off.
But doom to the wicked! Disaster!
Everything they did will be done to them.
12 “Skinny kids terrorize my people.
Silly girls bully them around.
My dear people! Your leaders are taking you down a blind alley.
They’re sending you off on a wild-goose chase.”
A City Brought to Her Knees by Her Sorrows
13-15 God enters the courtroom.
He takes his place at the bench to judge his people.
God calls for order in the court,
hauls the leaders of his people into the dock:
“You’ve played havoc with this country.
Your houses are stuffed with what you’ve stolen from the poor.
What is this anyway? Stomping on my people,
grinding the faces of the poor into the dirt?”
That’s what the Master,
God-of-the-Angel-Armies, says.
16-17 God says, “Zion women are stuck-up,
prancing around in their high heels,
Making eyes at all the men in the street,
swinging their hips,
Tossing their hair,
gaudy and garish in cheap jewelry.”
The Master will fix it so those Zion women
will all turn bald—
Scabby, bald-headed women.
The Master will do it.
18-23 The time is coming when the Master will strip them of their fancy baubles—the dangling earrings, anklets and bracelets, combs and mirrors and silk scarves, diamond brooches and pearl necklaces, the rings on their fingers and the rings on their toes, the latest fashions in hats, exotic perfumes and aphrodisiacs, gowns and capes, all the world’s finest in fabrics and design.
24 Instead of wearing seductive scents,
these women are going to smell like rotting cabbages;
Instead of modeling flowing gowns,
they’ll be sporting rags;
Instead of their stylish hairdos,
scruffy heads;
Instead of beauty marks,
scabs and scars.
25-26 Your finest fighting men will be killed,
your soldiers left dead on the battlefield.
The entrance gate to Zion will be clotted
with people mourning their dead—
A city stooped under the weight of her loss,
brought to her knees by her sorrows.
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Jesaja 3
Svenska Folkbibeln
Jesaja 3
Svenska Folkbibeln
Straffdom över Juda och Jerusalem
3 Se, Herren, Herren Sebaot skall ta bort ifrån Jerusalem och Juda
både stöd och tillgång -
all tillgång på bröd,
all tillgång på vatten -
2 hjältar och krigsmän,
domare och profeter,
spåmän och äldste,
3 underbefäl och högt uppsatta män, rådgivare och
hantverkskunnigt folk
och män som är kunniga i besvärjelsekonst.
4 Jag skall ge dem pojkar till furstar,
nyckfullhet skall råda över dem.
5 Av folket skall den ene förtrycka den andre,
var och en sin nästa.
Barnet skall sätta sig upp mot den gamle,
den obetydlige mot den högt ansedde.
6 När någon tar tag i sin bror i sin fars hus och säger:
"Du äger en mantel, bli du vår ledare.
Tag du hand om denna ruinhög!"
7 då skall han ropa:
"Jag kan inte råda bot.
I mitt hus finns varken bröd eller mantel.
Sätt inte mig till ledare för folket."
8 Ty Jerusalem vacklar och Juda faller,
därför att de med tal och gärningar står emot Herren,
upproriska mot hans härlighets ögon.
9 Deras uppsyn vittnar emot dem.
Liksom Sodoms folk bedriver de sina synder öppet
och döljer dem inte.
Ve över deras själar,
ty själva har de berett sig olycka.
10 Säg till den rättfärdige att det skall gå honom väl,
ty sina gärningars frukt skall de äta.
11 Men ve över den ogudaktige!
Honom skall det gå illa,
han skall vedergällas efter sina gärningar.
12 Mitt folks förtryckare är barn,
och kvinnor härskar över det.
O, mitt folk, dina ledare för dig vilse
och fördärvar den väg du skulle gå.
13 Herren träder fram för att gå till rätta,
han står upp för att döma folken.
14 Herren håller rättegång
med sitt folks äldste och dess furstar.
"Ni har skövlat vingården.
Rov från de fattiga finns i era hus.
15 Vad menar ni med att krossa mitt folk
och mala sönder de fattiga?"
säger Herren, Herren Sebaot.
16 Och Herren sade:
Sions döttrar är så högmodiga,
de går med rak hals och spelar med ögonen,
trippar och pinglar med sina fotringar.
17 Därför skall Herren låta Sions döttrar gå med kal hjässa,
ja, Herren skall blotta deras nakenhet.
18 På den dagen skall Herren ta bort all deras prydnad: fotringar, pannband och halssmycken, 19 örhängen, armband och slöjor, 20 huvudprydnader, fotkedjor, gördlar, parfymflaskor och amuletter, 21 fingerringar och näsringar, 22 högtidsdräkter, kåpor, mantlar och kjortelväskor, 23 speglar, fina linneskjortor, huvudbindlar och flor.
24 Det skall bli stank i stället för ljuvlig doft,
rep i stället för bälte,
skalligt huvud i stället för fint uppsatt hår,
hölje av säcktyg i stället för högtidsmantel,
märken av brännjärn i stället för skönhet.
25 Dina män skall falla för svärd
och dina hjältar i strid.
26 Sions portar skall klaga och sörja,
utblottad skall hon sitta på marken.
Isaiah 3
New International Version
Isaiah 3
New International Version
Judgment on Jerusalem and Judah
3 See now, the Lord,
the Lord Almighty,
is about to take from Jerusalem and Judah
both supply and support:(A)
all supplies of food(B) and all supplies of water,(C)
2 the hero and the warrior,(D)
the judge and the prophet,
the diviner(E) and the elder,(F)
3 the captain of fifty(G) and the man of rank,(H)
the counselor, skilled craftsman(I) and clever enchanter.(J)
4 “I will make mere youths their officials;
children will rule over them.”(K)
5 People will oppress each other—
man against man, neighbor against neighbor.(L)
The young will rise up against the old,
the nobody against the honored.
6 A man will seize one of his brothers
in his father’s house, and say,
“You have a cloak, you be our leader;
take charge of this heap of ruins!”
7 But in that day(M) he will cry out,
“I have no remedy.(N)
I have no food(O) or clothing in my house;
do not make me the leader of the people.”(P)
8 Jerusalem staggers,
Judah is falling;(Q)
their words(R) and deeds(S) are against the Lord,
defying(T) his glorious presence.
9 The look on their faces testifies(U) against them;
they parade their sin like Sodom;(V)
they do not hide it.
Woe to them!
They have brought disaster(W) upon themselves.
10 Tell the righteous it will be well(X) with them,
for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.(Y)
11 Woe to the wicked!(Z)
Disaster(AA) is upon them!
They will be paid back(AB)
for what their hands have done.(AC)
12 Youths(AD) oppress my people,
women rule over them.
My people, your guides lead you astray;(AE)
they turn you from the path.
13 The Lord takes his place in court;(AF)
he rises to judge(AG) the people.
14 The Lord enters into judgment(AH)
against the elders and leaders of his people:
“It is you who have ruined my vineyard;
the plunder(AI) from the poor(AJ) is in your houses.
15 What do you mean by crushing my people(AK)
and grinding(AL) the faces of the poor?”(AM)
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.(AN)
16 The Lord says,
“The women of Zion(AO) are haughty,
walking along with outstretched necks,(AP)
flirting with their eyes,
strutting along with swaying hips,
with ornaments jingling on their ankles.
17 Therefore the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion;
the Lord will make their scalps bald.(AQ)”
18 In that day(AR) the Lord will snatch away their finery: the bangles and headbands and crescent necklaces,(AS) 19 the earrings and bracelets(AT) and veils,(AU) 20 the headdresses(AV) and anklets and sashes, the perfume bottles and charms, 21 the signet rings and nose rings,(AW) 22 the fine robes and the capes and cloaks,(AX) the purses 23 and mirrors, and the linen garments(AY) and tiaras(AZ) and shawls.
24 Instead of fragrance(BA) there will be a stench;(BB)
instead of a sash,(BC) a rope;
instead of well-dressed hair, baldness;(BD)
instead of fine clothing, sackcloth;(BE)
instead of beauty,(BF) branding.(BG)
25 Your men will fall by the sword,(BH)
your warriors in battle.(BI)
26 The gates(BJ) of Zion will lament and mourn;(BK)
destitute,(BL) she will sit on the ground.(BM)
The Message (MSG)
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