# Isaiah 3 ## Isaiah 3:1 - [KJV] 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, - [ASV] For, behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water; - [YLT] For, lo, the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is turning aside from Jerusalem, And from Judah, stay and staff, Every stay of bread, and every stay of water. ### Notes on Isaiah 3:1 - ## Isaiah 3:2 - [KJV] The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, - [ASV] the mighty man, and the man of war; the judge, and the prophet, and the diviner, and the elder; - [YLT] Hero and man of war, judge and prophet, And diviner and elder, ### Notes on Isaiah 3:2 - ## Isaiah 3:3 - [KJV] The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator. - [ASV] the captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counsellor, and the expert artificer, and the skilful enchanter. - [YLT] Head of fifty, and accepted of faces, And counsellor, and the wise of artificers, And the intelligent of charmers. ### Notes on Isaiah 3:3 - ## Isaiah 3:4 - [KJV] And I will give children *to be* their princes, and babes shall rule over them. - [ASV] And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. - [YLT] And I have made youths their heads, And sucklings rule over them. ### Notes on Isaiah 3:4 - ## Isaiah 3:5 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable. - [YLT] And the people hath exacted -- man upon man, Even a man on his neighbour, Enlarge themselves do the youths against the aged, And the lightly esteemed against the honoured. ### Notes on Isaiah 3:5 - ## Isaiah 3:6 - [KJV] When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, *saying*, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and *let* this ruin *be* under thy hand: - [ASV] 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; - [YLT] When one layeth hold on his brother, *Of* the house of his father, *by* the garment, 'Come, a ruler thou art to us, And this ruin *is* under thy hand.' ### Notes on Isaiah 3:6 - ## Isaiah 3:7 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] in that day shall he lift up *his voice*, saying, I will not be a healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: ye shall not make me ruler of the people. - [YLT] He lifteth up, in that day, saying: 'I am not a binder up, And in my house is neither bread nor garment, Ye do not make me a ruler of the people.' ### Notes on Isaiah 3:7 - ## Isaiah 3:8 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen; because their tongue and their doings are against Jehovah, to provoke the eyes of his glory. - [YLT] For stumbled hath Jerusalem, and Judah hath fallen, For their tongue and their doings *are* against Jehovah, To provoke the eyes of His glory. ### Notes on Isaiah 3:8 - ## Isaiah 3:9 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] The show 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 done evil unto themselves. - [YLT] The appearance of their faces witnessed against them, And their sin, as Sodom, they declared, They have not hidden! Woe to their soul, For they have done to themselves evil. ### Notes on Isaiah 3:9 - ## Isaiah 3:10 - [KJV] Say ye to the righteous, that *it shall be* well *with him*: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. - [ASV] Say ye of the righteous, that *it shall be* well *with him*; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. - [YLT] Say ye to the righteous, that *it is* good, Because the fruit of their doings they eat. ### Notes on Isaiah 3:10 - ## Isaiah 3:11 - [KJV] Woe unto the wicked! *it shall be* ill *with him*: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. - [ASV] Woe unto the wicked! *it shall be* ill *with him*; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him. - [YLT] Woe to the wicked -- evil, Because the deed of his hand is done to him. ### Notes on Isaiah 3:11 - ## Isaiah 3:12 - [KJV] *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. - [ASV] As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they that lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths. - [YLT] My people -- its exactors *are* sucklings, And women have ruled over it. My people -- thy eulogists are causing to err, And the way of thy paths swallowed up. ### Notes on Isaiah 3:12 - ## Isaiah 3:13 - [KJV] The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people. - [ASV] Jehovah standeth up to contend, and standeth to judge the peoples. - [YLT] Jehovah hath stood up to plead, And He is standing to judge the peoples. ### Notes on Isaiah 3:13 - ## Isaiah 3:14 - [KJV] 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 *is* in your houses. - [ASV] Jehovah 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: - [YLT] Jehovah into judgment doth enter With elders of His people, and its heads: 'And ye, ye have consumed the vineyard, Plunder of the poor *is* in your houses. ### Notes on Isaiah 3:14 - ## Isaiah 3:15 - [KJV] What mean ye *that* ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts. - [ASV] what mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts. - [YLT] What -- to you? ye bruise My people, And the faces of the poor ye grind.' An affirmation of the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, And Jehovah saith: ### Notes on Isaiah 3:15 - ## Isaiah 3:16 - [KJV] Moreover the LORD saith, 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: - [ASV] Moreover Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet; - [YLT] 'Because that daughters of Zion have been haughty, And they walk stretching out the neck, And deceiving *with* the eyes, Walking and mincing they go, And with their feet they make a tinkling, ### Notes on Isaiah 3:16 - ## Isaiah 3:17 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will lay bare their secret parts. - [YLT] The Lord also hath scabbed The crown of the head of daughters of Zion, And Jehovah their simplicity exposeth. ### Notes on Isaiah 3:17 - ## Isaiah 3:18 - [KJV] 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, - [ASV] In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, and the cauls, and the crescents; - [YLT] In that day doth the Lord turn aside The beauty of the tinkling ornaments, And of the embroidered works, And of the round tires like moons, ### Notes on Isaiah 3:18 - ## Isaiah 3:19 - [KJV] The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, - [ASV] the pendants, and the bracelets, and the mufflers; - [YLT] Of the drops, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, ### Notes on Isaiah 3:19 - ## Isaiah 3:20 - [KJV] The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings, - [ASV] the headtires, and the ankle chains, and the sashes, and the perfume-boxes, and the amulets; - [YLT] Of the bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, And of the bands, And of the perfume boxes, and the amulets, ### Notes on Isaiah 3:20 - ## Isaiah 3:21 - [KJV] The rings, and nose jewels, - [ASV] the rings, and the nose-jewels; - [YLT] Of the seals, and of the nose-rings, ### Notes on Isaiah 3:21 - ## Isaiah 3:22 - [KJV] The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins, - [ASV] the festival robes, and the mantles, and the shawls, and the satchels; - [YLT] Of the costly apparel, and of the mantles, And of the coverings, and of the purses, ### Notes on Isaiah 3:22 - ## Isaiah 3:23 - [KJV] The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails. - [ASV] the hand-mirrors, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the veils. - [YLT] Of the mirrors, and of the linen garments, And of the hoods, and of the vails, ### Notes on Isaiah 3:23 - ## Isaiah 3:24 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] 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 robe, a girding of sackcloth; branding instead of beauty. - [YLT] And it hath been, instead of spice is muck, And instead of a girdle, a rope, And instead of curled work, baldness, And instead of a stomacher a girdle of sackcloth. ### Notes on Isaiah 3:24 - ## Isaiah 3:25 - [KJV] Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war. - [ASV] Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war. - [YLT] For instead of glory, thy men by sword do fall, And thy might in battle. ### Notes on Isaiah 3:25 - ## Isaiah 3:26 - [KJV] And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she *being* desolate shall sit upon the ground. - [ASV] And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate and sit upon the ground. - [YLT] And lamented and mourned have her openings, Yea, she hath been emptied, on the earth she sitteth! ### Notes on Isaiah 3:26 -