The Book of the Prophet Isaiah

 1 ^aFor, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from ^bJerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of ^cbread, and the whole stay of water,

 2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ^aancient,

 3 The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and ^athe cunning artificer, and the ^beloquent orator.

 4 And I will give ^achildren to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

 5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ^aancient, and the base against the honourable.

 6 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 ^aruin be under thy hand:

 7 In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be ^aan healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.

 8 For ^aJerusalem is ruined, and Judah is ^bfallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

 9 ¶The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their ^asin as ^bSodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

 10 Say ye to the ^arighteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall ^beat the fruit of their doings.

 11 Woe unto the ^awicked! it shall be ill with him: for ^bthe reward of his hands shall be given him.

 12 ¶As for my people, children are their oppressors, and ^awomen rule over them. O my people, they which ^blead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.

 13 The Lord standeth up to ^aplead, and standeth to judge the people.

 14 The Lord will enter into ^ajudgment with the ^bancients of his people, and the ^cprinces thereof: for ye have ^deaten up the vineyard; the ^espoil of the ^fpoor is in your houses.

 15 What mean ye that ye ^abeat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord God of hosts.

 16 ¶Moreover the Lord saith, Because the ^adaughters of Zion are ^bhaughty, and ^cwalk with stretched forth necks and ^dwanton eyes, walking and ^emincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:

 17 Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will ^adiscover their secret parts.

 18 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their ^acauls, and their ^bround tires like the moon,

 19 The chains, and the bracelets, and the ^amufflers,

 20 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,

 21 The rings, and nose jewels,

 22 The ^achangeable suits of ^bapparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins,

 23 The ^aglasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the veils.

 24 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle ^aa rent; and instead of well set hair ^bbaldness; and instead of ^ca stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and ^dburning instead of ^ebeauty.

 25 Thy ^amen shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.

 26 And her ^agates shall ^blament and ^cmourn; and she being ^ddesolate shall sit upon the ^eground.