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Isaiah 3

26 aligned verses; 26 with wording or punctuation differences .

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For behold , the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food and water ,
For, lo, the Lord , Jehovah of Hosts , Is turning aside from Jerusalem , And from Judah , stay and staff, Every stay of bread, and every stay of water .
the mighty man and the warrior , the judge and the prophet, the soothsayer and the elder,
Hero and man of war , judge and prophet, And diviner and elder,
the commander of fifty and the dignitary , the counselor , the cunning magician , and the clever enchanter .
Head of fifty , and accepted of faces , And counsellor , and the wise of artificers , And the intelligent of charmers .
I will make mere lads their leaders , and children will rule over them.
And I have made youths their heads , And sucklings rule over them.
The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old , and the base against the honorable .
And the people hath exacted -- man upon man, Even a man on his neighbour, Enlarge themselves do the youths against the aged , And the lightly esteemed against the honoured .
A man will seize his brother within his father’s house : “You have a cloak—you be our leader! Take charge of this heap of rubble .
When one layeth hold on his brother , `Of' the house of his father, `by' the garment, `Come, a ruler thou art to us, And this ruin `is' under thy hand . '
On that day he will cry aloud : I am not a healer. I have no food or clothing in my house . Do not make me leader of the people !”
He lifteth up, in that day , saying : ` I am not a binder up, And in my house is neither bread nor garment, Ye do not make me a ruler of the people .'
For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen because they spoke and acted against the LORD , defying His glorious presence .
For stumbled hath Jerusalem, and Judah hath fallen , For their tongue and their doings `are' against Jehovah , To provoke the eyes of His glory .
The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin ; they do not conceal it. Woe to them , for they have brought disaster upon themselves.
The appearance of their faces witnessed against them, And their sin , as Sodom, they declared, They have not hidden! Wo to their soul , For they have done to themselves evil .
Tell the righteous it will be well with them , for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor .
Say ye to the righteous , that ` it is' good , Because the fruit of their doings they eat .
Woe to the wicked ; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
Wo to the wicked -- evil, Because the deed of his hand is done to him .
Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them . O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.
My people -- its exactors `are' sucklings , And women have ruled over it . My people -- thy eulogists are causing to err , And the way of thy paths swallowed up .
The LORD arises to contend; He stands to judge the people .
Jehovah hath stood up to plead, And He is standing to judge the peoples .
The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: “You have devoured the vineyard ; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.
Jehovah into judgment doth enter With elders of His people , and its heads : `And ye, ye have consumed the vineyard , Plunder of the poor ` is ' in your houses.
Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor ?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts .
What -- to you ? ye bruise My people , And the faces of the poor ye grind.' An affirmation of the Lord , Jehovah of Hosts , And Jehovah saith:
The LORD also says: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—
` Because that daughters of Zion have been haughty , And they walk stretching out the neck, And deceiving `with' the eyes, Walking and mincing they go, And with their feet they make a tinkling,
the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare .
The Lord also hath scabbed The crown of the head of daughters of Zion, And Jehovah their simplicity exposeth .
In that day the Lord will take away their finery: their anklets and headbands and crescents;
In that day doth the Lord turn aside The beauty of the tinkling ornaments, And of the embroidered works, And of the round tires like moons,
their pendants , bracelets, and veils;
Of the drops , and the bracelets, and the mufflers,
their headdresses , ankle chains , and sashes; their perfume bottles and charms;
Of the bonnets , and the ornaments of the legs , And of the bands, And of the perfume boxes, and the amulets,
their signet rings and nose rings ;
Of the seals, and of the nose - rings ,
their festive robes , capes , cloaks , and purses ;
Of the costly apparel , and of the mantles , And of the coverings , and of the purses ,
and their mirrors, linen garments, tiaras , and shawls.
Of the mirrors, and of the linen garments, And of the hoods , and of the vails,
Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt , a rope ; instead of styled hair , baldness ; instead of fine clothing , sackcloth; instead of beauty, shame .
And it hath been, instead of spice is muck, And instead of a girdle , a rope , And instead of curled work , baldness, And instead of a stomacher a girdle of sackcloth .
Your men will fall by the sword, and your warriors in battle.
For instead of glory, thy men by sword do fall , And thy might in battle.
And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute , she will sit on the ground.
And lamented and mourned have her openings , Yea, she hath been emptied, on the earth she sitteth!

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