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Isaiah 3:1-4
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Isaiah 3:1-4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 3
Judgment on Jerusalem and Judah
1 [a]The Lord, the Lord of hosts,
will take away from Jerusalem and from Judah
Support and staff—
all support of bread,
all support of water:(A)
2 Hero and warrior,
judge and prophet, diviner and elder,
3 The captain of fifty and the nobleman,
counselor, skilled magician, and expert charmer.
4 I will place boys as their princes;
the fickle will govern them,(B)
Footnotes
- 3:1–12 These verses suggest deportation, with resulting social upheaval, and thus may date to sometime after Ahaz submitted as vassal to Assyria. The deportation practiced by Assyria, as later by Babylon, exiled the leading elements of society, such as those named in vv. 2–3; cf. 2 Kgs 24:12, 14–16 for a similar list of those exiled by the Babylonians. Denuding society of its leaders opens the way to near anarchy and a situation in which leadership is seized by or thrust upon those unqualified for it (vv. 5–7). The situation has been provoked by sinfully inept leadership (vv. 4, 8–9, 12). Some suggest that vv. 4 and 12 refer to Ahaz, who may have come to the throne at an early age. Verses 10–11 form a wisdom couplet that was inserted later.
Isaiah 3:1-4
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Isaiah 3:1-4
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Judgment on Jerusalem and Judah
3 See now, the Lord,
the Lord Almighty,
is about to take from Jerusalem and Judah
both supply and support:(A)
all supplies of food(B) and all supplies of water,(C)
2 the hero and the warrior,(D)
the judge and the prophet,
the diviner(E) and the elder,(F)
3 the captain of fifty(G) and the man of rank,(H)
the counselor, skilled craftsman(I) and clever enchanter.(J)
4 “I will make mere youths their officials;
children will rule over them.”(K)
Isaiah 5:18-21
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Isaiah 5:18-21
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18 Ah! Those who tug at guilt with cords of perversity,
and at sin as if with cart ropes!
19 [a]Who say, “Let him make haste,
let him speed his work, that we may see it;
On with the plan of the Holy One of Israel!
let it come to pass, that we may know it!”(A)
20 Ah! Those who call evil good, and good evil,
who change darkness to light, and light into darkness,
who change bitter to sweet, and sweet into bitter!(B)
21 Ah! Those who are wise in their own eyes,
prudent in their own view!(C)
Isaiah 5:18-21
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Isaiah 5:18-21
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18 Woe(A) to those who draw sin along with cords(B) of deceit,
and wickedness(C) as with cart ropes,
19 to those who say, “Let God hurry;
let him hasten(D) his work
so we may see it.
The plan of the Holy One(E) of Israel—
let it approach, let it come into view,
so we may know it.”(F)
20 Woe(G) to those who call evil good(H)
and good evil,(I)
who put darkness for light
and light for darkness,(J)
who put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter.(K)
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes(L)
and clever in their own sight.
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