Book 12 : NEVIIM - ISAIAH - Chapter 003
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For, behold, the L-rd, HaShem of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and
from Judah stay and staff, every stay of bread, and every stay of water
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The mighty man, and the man of war; the judge, and the prophet, and the
diviner, and the elder
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The captain of fifty, and the man of rank, and the counsellor, and the
cunning charmer, and the skilful enchanter
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And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over
them
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And the people shall oppress one another, every man his fellow, and every
man his neighbour; the child shall behave insolently against the aged, and the
base against the honourable
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For a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father: 'Thou
hast a mantle, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand.
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In that day shall he swear, saying: 'I will not be a healer; for in my
house is neither bread nor a mantle; ye shall not make me ruler of a people.
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For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen; because their tongue and
their doings are against HaShem, to provoke the eyes of His glory
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The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare
their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have wrought
evil unto themselves
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Say ye of the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall
eat the fruit of their doings
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Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him; for the work of his hands
shall be done to him
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As for My people, a babe is their master, and women rule over them. O My
people, they that lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths
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HaShem standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the peoples
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HaShem will enter into judgment with the elders of His people, and the
princes thereof: 'It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the
poor is in your houses
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What mean ye that ye crush My people, and grind the face of the poor?'
saith the L-rd, the GOD of hosts
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Moreover HaShem said: because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk
with stretched-forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and
making a tinkling with their feet
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Therefore the L-rd will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the
daughters of Zion, and HaShem will lay bare their secret parts
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In that day the L-rd will take away the bravery of their anklets, and the
fillets, and the crescents
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the pendants, and the bracelets, and the veils
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the headtires, and the armlets, and the sashes, and the corselets, and the
amulets
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the rings, and the nose-jewels
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the aprons, and the mantelets, and the cloaks, and the girdles
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and the gauze robes, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the mantles
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And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet spices there shall be
rottenness; and instead of a girdle rags; and instead of curled hair baldness;
and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; branding instead of beauty
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Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war
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And her gates shall lament and mourn; and utterly bereft
she shall sit upon the ground
Book 12 : NEVIIM - ISAIAH - Chapter 003
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