{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/isaiah/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T02:10:05.579Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Isaiah","bookSlug":"isaiah","chapter":3,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":2,"nextChapter":4,"totalChapters":66,"totalVerses":26},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, does take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"The captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counselor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honorable."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, You have clothing, be you our ruler, and let this ruin be under your hand:"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"The show of their countenance does witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe to their soul! for they have rewarded evil to themselves."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Say you to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Woe to the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead you cause you to err, and destroy the way of your paths."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The LORD stands up to plead, and stands to judge the people."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for you have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"What mean you that you beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? said the Lord GOD of hosts."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Moreover the LORD 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:"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Therefore the LORD will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon,"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"The rings, and nose jewels,"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins,"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the veils."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Your men shall fall by the sword, and your mighty in the war."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit on the ground."}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 3 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Isaiah 3](https://primebible.com/akjv/isaiah/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/isaiah/3 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}