Isaiah 3

ki hinneh ha'adon Adonai tseva'ot mesir mirushalai͏m umihudah mashen umashenah kol mishan-lekhem vekhol mishan-mayim

For lo! The Sovereign GOD of Hosts Will remove from Jerusalem and from Judah Prop and stay, Every prop of food And every prop of water:

gibbor ve'ish milkhamah shofet venavi veqosem vezaqen

Soldier and warrior, Magistrate and prophet, Augur and elder;

sar-khamishim unesu fanim veyo'ets vakhakham kharashim unevon lakhash

Captain of fifty, Magnate and counselor, Skilled artisan and expert enchanter;

venatatti ne'arim sarehem veta'alulim yimshelu-vam

And I will make boys their rulers, And babes shall govern them.

veniggas ha'am ish be'ish ve'ish bere'ehu yirhavu hanna'ar bazzaqen vehanniqleh bannikhbad

So the people shall oppress one another— Each man oppressing his fellow: The youth shall bully the elder; And the despised [shall bully] the honored.

ki-yitpos ish be'akhiv bet aviv simlah lekhah qatsin tihyeh-llanu vehammakhshelah hazzot takhat yadekha

For should a man seize his brother, In whose father’s house there is clothing: “Come, be a chief over us, And let this ruin be under your care,”

yissa vayyom hahu lemor lo-ehyeh khovesh uveveti en lekhem ve'en simlah lo tesimuni qetsin am

The other will thereupon protest, “I will not be a dresser of wounds, With no food or clothing in my own house. You shall not make me chief of a people!”

ki khashelah yerushalai͏m vihudah nafal ki-leshonam uma'allehem el-Adonai lamrot ene khevodo

Ah, Jerusalem has stumbled, And Judah has fallen, Because by word and deed They insult GOD, Defying God’s majestic glance.

hakkarat penehem anetah bam vekhattatam kisdom higgidu lo khikhedu oy lenafsham ki-gamelu lahem ra'ah

Their partiality in judgment accuses them; They avow their sins like Sodom, They do not conceal them. Woe to them! For ill Have they served themselves.

imru tsaddiq ki-tov ki-feri ma'allehem yokhelu

(Hail the righteous, for they shall fare well; They shall eat the fruit of their works.

oy lerasha ra ki-gemul yadayw ye'aseh lo

Woe to the wicked, for they shall fare ill; As their hands have dealt, so shall it be done to them.)

ammi nogesayw me'olel venashim mashelu vo ammi me'asherekha matim vederekh orekhotekha bille'u

My people’s rulers are babes, It is governed by women. O my people! Your leaders are misleaders; They have confused the course of your paths.

nitsav lariv Adonai ve'omed ladin ammim

GOD stands up to plead a cause, And rises to champion peoples.

Adonai bemishpat yavo im-ziqne ammo vesarayw ve'attem bi'artem hakkerem gezelat he'ani bevattekhem

GOD will bring this charge Against the elders and officers of this people: “It is you who have ravaged the vineyard; That which was robbed from the poor is in your houses.

(mlkhm) [mah-llakhem] tedakke'u ammi ufene aniyyim titkhanu ne'um-adonay Elohim tseva'ot

How dare you crush My people And grind the faces of the poor?” —says my Sovereign GOD of Hosts.

vayyomer Adonai ya'an ki govhu benot tsiyyon vattelakhnah (ntvvt) [netuyot] garon umesaqqerot enayim halokh vetafof telakhnah uveraglehem te'akkasnah

GOD said: “Because the daughters of Zion Are so vain And walk with heads thrown back, With roving eyes, And with mincing gait, Making a tinkling with their feet”—

vesippakh adonay qodqod benot tsiyyon va-Adonai pothen ye'areh

My Sovereign will bare the pates Of the daughters of Zion, GOD will uncover their heads.

bayyom hahu yasir adonay et tiferet ha'akhasim vehashevisim vehassaharonim

In that day, my Sovereign will strip off the finery of the anklets, the fillets, and the crescents;

hannetifot vehasherot vehare'alot

of the eardrops, the bracelets, and the veils;

happe'erim vehatse'adot vehaqqishurim uvatte hannefesh vehallekhashim

the turbans, the armlets, and the sashes; of the talismans and the amulets;

hattabba'ot venizme ha'af

the signet rings and the nose rings;

hammakhalatsot vehamma'atafot vehammitpakhot vehakharitim

of the festive robes, the mantles, and the shawls; the purses,

vehaggilyonim vehassedinim vehatsenifot veharedidim

the lace gowns, and the linen vests; and the kerchiefs and the capes.

vehayah takhat bosem maq yihyeh vetakhat khagorah niqpah vetakhat ma'aseh miqsheh qorkhah vetakhat petigil makhagoret saq ki-takhat yofi

And then— Instead of perfume, there shall be rot; And instead of an apron, a rope; Instead of a diadem of beaten-work, A shorn head; Instead of a rich robe, A girding of sackcloth; A burn instead of beauty.

metayikh bakherev yippolu ugevuratekh bammilkhamah

Her men shall fall by the sword, Her force, in battle;

ve'anu ve'avelu petakheha veniqqatah la'arets teshev

And her gates shall lament and mourn, And she shall be emptied, Shall sit on the ground.