{"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/erv/isaiah/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T00:19:34.433Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","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, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and 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 diviner, and the ancient;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"the captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the skilful enchanter."},{"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 neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"When a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"in that day shall he lift up his voice, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: ye shall not make me 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 shew 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 rewarded evil unto themselves."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Say ye of the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Woe unto 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 thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the peoples."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"The LORD 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:"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"what mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord, the LORD 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 lay bare their secret parts."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their anklets, and the cauls, and the crescents;"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"the pendants, and the bracelets, and the mufflers;"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"the headtires, and the ankle chains, and the sashes, and the perfume boxes, and the amulets;"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"the rings, and the nose jewels;"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"the festival robes, and the mantles, and the shawls, and the satchels;"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"the hand mirrors, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the veils."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet spices there shall be rottenness; and instead of a girdle a rope; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth: branding instead of beauty."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate and sit upon the ground."}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 3 (ERV)","markdown":"[Isaiah 3](https://primebible.com/erv/isaiah/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/isaiah/3 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}