Isaiah 3

Isaiah · Chapter 3

Isaiah 3:11

1For, 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.2The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,3The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.4And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.5And 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.6When 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:7In 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.8For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.9The 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.10Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.12As 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.13The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.14The 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.15What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.16Moreover 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:17Therefore 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.18In 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,19The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,20The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,21The rings, and nose jewels,22The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins,23The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.24And 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.25Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.26And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
woe!א֖וֹי'oH0188
woe!

אוֹי (oy) 1) woe! alas! oh! 1a) passionate cry of grief or despair

to [the] wickedלְרָשָׁ֣עle-ra-SHA'H7563
wicked

רָשָׁע (ra.sah) 1) wicked, criminal 1a) guilty one, one guilty of crime (subst) 1b) wicked (hostile to God) 1c) wicked, guilty of sin (against God or man)

it will be badרָ֑עRa'H7489A
be evil

רָעַע (ra.a) 1) to be bad, be evil 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to be displeasing 1a2) to be sad 1a3) to be injurious, be evil 1a4) to be wicked, be evil (ethically) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to do an injury or hurt 1b2) to do evil or wickedly 1b3) mischief (participle)

forכִּֽי־ki-H3588A
for

כִּי (ki) 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since 1a) that 1a1) yea, indeed 1b) when (of time) 1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force) 1c) because, since (causal connection) 1d) but (after negative) 1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if 1f) but rather, but 1g) except that 1h) only, nevertheless 1i) surely 1j) that is 1k) but if 1l) for though 1m) forasmuch as, for therefore

[the] dealing ofגְמ֥וּלge-MULH1576
recompense

גְּמוּל (ge.mul) 1) dealing, recompense, benefit 1a) dealing (of one's hand) 1b) recompense 1c) benefit

hands hisיָדָ֖יוya-DAVH3027G
hand

יָד (yad) : hand/arm[anatomy] 1) hand 1a) hand (of man) 1b) strength, power (fig.) 1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.) 1d) (various special, technical senses) 1d1) sign, monument 1d2) part, fractional part, share 1d3) time, repetition 1d4) axle-trees, axle 1d5) stays, support (for laver) 1d6) tenons (in tabernacle) 1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure) 1d8) wrists

it will be doneיֵעָ֥שֶׂהye-'A-sehH6213A
to make: do

עָשָׂה (a.sah) : do/perform 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to do, work, make, produce 1a1a) to do 1a1b) to work 1a1c) to deal (with) 1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect 1a2) to make 1a2a) to make 1a2b) to produce 1a2c) to prepare 1a2d) to make (an offering) 1a2e) to attend to, put in order 1a2f) to observe, celebrate 1a2g) to acquire (property) 1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute 1a2i) to bring about 1a2j) to use 1a2k) to spend, pass 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be done 1b2) to be made 1b3) to be produced 1b4) to be offered 1b5) to be observed 1b6) to be used 1c) (Pual) to be made

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.