{"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/kjv/isaiah/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T03:05:42.046Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 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 honourable man, and the counseller, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And I will give children <i>to be</i> 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 of the house of his father, <i>saying</i>, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and <i>let</i> this ruin <i>be</i> under thy hand:"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house <i>is</i> 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 <i>are</i> 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 <i>it</i> not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Say ye to the righteous, that <i>it shall be</i> well <i>with him</i>: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Woe unto the wicked! <i>it shall be</i> ill <i>with him</i>: for the reward of his hands shall be given him."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"<i>As for</i> my people, children <i>are</i> their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause <i>thee</i> to err, and destroy the way of thy paths."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor <i>is</i> in your houses."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"What mean ye <i>that</i> ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing <i>as</i> 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 <i>their</i> tinkling ornaments <i>about their feet</i>, and <i>their</i> cauls, and <i>their</i> 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 vails."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And it shall come to pass, <i>that</i> 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; <i>and</i> burning 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 <i>being</i> desolate shall sit upon the ground."}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 3 (KJV)","markdown":"[Isaiah 3](https://primebible.com/kjv/isaiah/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/isaiah/3 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}