Isaiah 3 (NET)

Isaiah 3:1¹Look, the Sovereign Lord of Heaven’s Armies is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah every source of security, including all the food and water,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 26:26Ezek 14:13Ezek 4:16-17Isa 1:24Isa 2:22Isa 36:12Isa 5:13Isa 51:22Jer 37:21Jer 38:9

Isaiah 3:2²the mighty men and warriors, judges and prophets, omen readers and leaders,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 24:14-16Isa 9:14-15Amos 2:3Ezek 17:13Ezek 8:12Ezek 9:5Isa 2:13-15Lam 5:12-14Ps 74:9

Isaiah 3:3³captains of groups of fifty, the respected citizens, advisers and those skilled in magical arts, and those who know incantations.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 8:12Deut 1:15Exod 18:21Judg 8:18Exod 4:10Exod 4:14-16

Isaiah 3:4⁴The Lord says, “I will make youths their officials; malicious young men will rule over them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 10:161 Kgs 3:7-92 Chr 33:12 Chr 36:52 Chr 36:92 Chr 34:12 Chr 36:112 Chr 36:2

Isaiah 3:5⁵The people will treat each other harshly; men will oppose each other; neighbors will fight. Youths will proudly defy the elderly and riffraff will challenge those who were once respected.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 9:3-8Mal 3:52 Kgs 2:232 Sam 16:5-9Amos 4:1Eccl 10:5-7Ezek 22:12Ezek 22:6-7Isa 1:4Isa 11:13

Isaiah 3:6⁶Indeed, a man will grab his brother right in his father’s house and say, ‘You own a coat— you be our leader! This heap of ruins will be under your control.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 4:1John 6:15Judg 11:6-8

Isaiah 3:7⁷At that time the brother will shout, ‘I am no doctor, I have no food or coat in my house; don’t make me a leader of the people!’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 5:13Deut 32:40Ezek 34:4Gen 14:22Hos 6:1Isa 58:12Jer 14:19Lam 2:13Rev 10:5-6

Isaiah 3:8⁸Jerusalem certainly stumbles, Judah falls, for their words and their actions offend the Lord; they rebel against his royal authority.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 10:22Ezek 9:9Hos 7:16Mal 3:13-152 Chr 28:182 Chr 28:5-72 Chr 33:112 Chr 33:6-72 Chr 36:17-19Ezek 8:12

Isaiah 3:9⁹The look on their faces testifies to their guilt; like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin. Woe to them! For they bring disaster on themselves.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 13:13Gen 18:20-211 Sam 15:322 Kgs 9:30Ezek 23:16Gen 19:5-9Isa 3:16Jer 3:3Jer 44:16-17Jer 6:15

Isaiah 3:10¹⁰Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 128:1-2Heb 6:10Eccl 8:12Gal 6:7-8Ezek 18:9-19Deut 28:1-14Ps 18:23-24Mal 3:18Isa 26:20-21Jer 15:11

Isaiah 3:11¹¹Woe to the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 8:13Jas 2:13Ps 120:3-4Ps 28:4Isa 48:22Isa 65:13-15Isa 65:20Prov 1:31Ps 62:122 Cor 5:10

Isaiah 3:12¹²Oppressors treat my people cruelly; creditors rule over them. My people, your leaders mislead you; they give you confusing directions.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 3:4Nah 3:132 Kgs 11:1Isa 28:14-15Isa 9:15-16Jer 5:31Matt 15:14Num 6:23-27Matt 23:13

Isaiah 3:13¹³The Lord takes his position to judge; he stands up to pass sentence on his people.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mic 6:2Hos 4:1-2Prov 22:22-23Prov 23:10-11Ps 12:5

Isaiah 3:14¹⁴The Lord comes to pronounce judgment on the leaders of his people and their officials. He says, “It is you who have ruined the vineyard! You have stashed in your houses what you have stolen from the poor.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 22:4Amos 4:1Isa 3:2-3Isa 5:7Jas 2:6Jer 5:27Job 24:9Ps 14:4Ps 143:2Job 24:2-7

Isaiah 3:15¹⁵Why do you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor?” The Sovereign Lord of Heaven’s Armies has spoken.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mic 3:2-3Ps 94:5Amos 2:6-7Amos 8:4-6Exod 5:14Ezek 18:2Isa 58:4

Isaiah 3:16¹⁶The Lord says, “The women of Zion are proud. They walk with their heads high and flirt with their eyes. They skip along and the jewelry on their ankles jingles.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 32:9-11Ezek 16:49-50Prov 30:13Isa 4:4Luke 23:28Isa 1:8Isa 24:4Isa 3:18Matt 21:5Prov 16:18

Isaiah 3:17¹⁷So the Lord will afflict the foreheads of Zion’s women with skin diseases; the Lord will make the front of their heads bald.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 13:22Isa 20:4Lev 13:29-30Lev 13:43-44Mic 1:11Rev 16:2Deut 28:27Ezek 16:36-37Ezek 23:25-29Isa 47:2-3

Isaiah 3:18¹⁸At that time the Lord will remove their beautiful ankle jewelry, neck ornaments, crescent-shaped ornaments,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Judg 8:21Judg 8:26

Isaiah 3:19¹⁹earrings, bracelets, veils,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 16:11Exod 35:22Gen 24:22Gen 24:30Gen 24:53Gen 38:18Num 31:50Gen 38:25

Isaiah 3:20²⁰headdresses, ankle ornaments, sashes, sachets, amulets,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 39:28Exod 32:2Ezek 16:12Gen 35:4Hos 2:13

Isaiah 3:21²¹rings, nose rings,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 24:471 Pet 3:3-41 Tim 2:9-10Esth 8:12Ezek 16:12Gen 41:42Jas 2:2Luke 15:22Song 5:14

Isaiah 3:22²²festive dresses, robes, shawls, purses,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Isaiah 3:23²³garments, vests, head coverings, and gowns.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 15:27Exod 38:8Ezek 16:10Gen 24:65Gen 41:42Luke 16:19Rev 19:14Rev 19:8Ruth 3:15Song 5:7

Isaiah 3:24²⁴A putrid stench will replace the smell of spices, a rope will replace a belt, baldness will replace braided locks of hair, a sackcloth garment will replace a fine robe, and a prisoner’s brand will replace beauty.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 27:31Lam 2:101 Pet 3:3Isa 15:3Isa 22:12Mic 1:16Amos 8:10Esth 2:12Isa 32:9-11Lev 26:16

Isaiah 3:25²⁵Your men will fall by the sword, your strong men will die in battle.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 29:9Amos 9:10Isa 1:20Jer 11:22Jer 14:18Jer 18:21Jer 19:7Jer 21:9Lam 2:21

Isaiah 3:26²⁶Her gates will mourn and lament; deprived of her people, she will sit on the ground.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 14:2Lam 2:10Lam 1:4Job 2:13Ezek 26:16Job 2:8Luke 19:44Isa 47:1