Isaiah · Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Isaiah 3 Updated Brenton English Septuagint

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Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.

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1 Behold now, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, will take away from Jerusalem and from Judea the mighty man and mighty woman, the strength of bread, and the strength of water,

1 For, behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support, the whole supply of bread, and the whole supply of water;

2 the great and mighty man, the warrior and the judge, and the prophet, and the counselor, and the elder,

2 the mighty man, the man of war, the judge, the prophet, the diviner, the elder,

3 the captain of fifty also, and the honorable counselor, and the wise artificer, and the intelligent hearer.

3 the captain of fifty, the honorable man, the counselor, the skilled craftsman, and the clever enchanter.

4 And I will make youths their princes, and mockers shall have dominion over them.

4 I will give boys to be their princes, and children shall rule over them.

5 And the people shall fall, man upon man, and [every] man upon his neighbor: the child shall insult the elder man, and the base the honorable.

5 The people will be oppressed, everyone by another, and everyone by his neighbor. The child will behave himself proudly against the old man, and the wicked against the honorable.

6 For a man shall lay hold of his brother, as one of his father’s household, saying, Thou hast raiment, be thou our ruler, and let my meat be under thee.

6 Indeed a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, “You have clothing, you be our ruler, and let this ruin be under your hand.”

7 And he shall answer in that day, and say, I will not be thy ruler; for I have no bread in my house, nor raiment: I will not be the ruler of this people.

7 In that day he will cry out, saying, “I will not be a healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing. You shall not make me ruler of the people.”

8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judea has fallen, and their tongues [have spoken] with iniquity, disobedient [as they are] toward the Lord.

8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen; because their tongue and their doings are against Yahweh, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

9 Wherefore now their glory has been brought low, and the shame of their countenance has withstood them, and they have proclaimed their sin as Sodom, and made it manifest.

9 The look of their faces testify against them. They parade their sin like Sodom. They don’t hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought disaster upon themselves.

10 Woe to their soul, for they have devised an evil counsel against themselves, saying against themselves, Let us bind the just, for he is burdensome to us: therefore shall they eat the fruits of their works.

10 Tell the righteous that it will be well with them, for they will eat the fruit of their deeds.

11 Woe to the transgressor! evils shall happen to him according to the works of his hands.

11 Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them, for the deeds of their hands will be paid back to them.

12 O my people, your exactors strip you, and extortioners rule over you: O my people, they that pronounce you blessed lead you astray, and pervert the path of your feet.

12 As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people, those who lead you cause you to err, and destroy the way of your paths.

13 But now the Lord will stand up for judgment, and will enter into judgment with his people.

13 Yahweh stands up to contend, and stands to judge the peoples.

14 The Lord himself shall enter into judgment with the elders of the people, and with their rulers: but why have ye set my vineyard on fire, and [why is] the spoil of the poor in your houses?

14 Yahweh will enter into judgment with the elders of his people and their leaders: “It is you who have eaten up the vineyard. The plunder of the poor is in your houses.

15 Why do ye wrong my people, and shame the face of the poor?

15 What do you mean that you crush my people, and grind the face of the poor?” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.

16 Thus saith the Lord, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and have walked with an outstretched neck, and with winking of the eyes, and motion of the feet, at the same time drawing their garments in trains, and at the same time sporting with their feet:

16 Moreover Yahweh said, “Because the daughters of Zion are arrogant, and walk with outstretched necks and flirting eyes, walking daintily as they go, jingling ornaments on their feet;

17 therefore the Lord will humble the chief daughters of Zion, and the Lord will expose their form in that day;

17 therefore the Lord brings sores on the crown of the head of the women of Zion, and Yahweh will make their scalps bald.”

18 and the Lord will take away the glory of their raiment, the curls and the fringes, and the crescents,

18 In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, the headbands, the crescent necklaces,

19 and the chains, and the ornaments of their faces,

19 the earrings, the bracelets, the veils,

20 and the array of glorious ornaments, and the armlets, and the bracelets, and the wreathed work, and the finger rings, and the ornaments for the right hand,

20 the headdresses, the ankle chains, the sashes, the perfume containers, the charms,

21 and the earrings, and the garments with scarlet borders, and the garments with purple grounds,

21 the signet rings, the nose rings,

22 and the shawls to be worn in the house, and the Spartan transparent dresses,

22 the fine robes, the capes, the cloaks, the purses,

23 and those made of fine linen, and the purple [ones], and the scarlet [ones], and the fine linen, interwoven with gold and purple, and the light coverings for couches.

23 the hand mirrors, the fine linen garments, the tiaras, and the shawls.

24 And there shall be instead of a sweet smell, dust; and instead of a girdle, thou shalt gird thyself with a rope; and instead of a golden ornament for the head, thou shalt have baldness on account of thy works; and instead of a tunic with a scarlet ground, thou shalt gird thyself with sackcloth.

24 It shall happen that instead of sweet spices, there shall be rottenness; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of well set hair, baldness; instead of a robe, a wearing of sackcloth; and branding instead of beauty.

25 And thy most beautiful son whom thou lovest shall fall by the sword; and your mighty men shall fall by the sword, and shall be brought low.

25 Your men shall fall by the sword, and your mighty in the war.

26 And the stores of your ornaments shall mourn, and thou shalt be left alone, and shalt be leveled with the ground.

26 Her gates shall lament and mourn. She shall be desolate and sit on the ground.

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What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

Quotes verse 3:16 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily LXXXIX)
And shouldest thou enter into a church, thou goest forth, without getting anything but countless leers, and revilings, and curses, not from the beholders only, but also from the prophet. For straightway Isaiah, that hath the fullest voice of all, as soon as he hath seen thee, will cry out, "These things saith the Lord against the princely daughters of …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Quotes verse 3:9 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture XIII)
Esaias says, Woe unto their soul, for they have taken evil counsel against themselves, saying, Let us bind the Just, for He is troublesome to us.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Quotes verse 3:14 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture XIII)
Again, He was led to the judgment-seat before the Elders; thou hast already the testimony to this, The Lord Himself will come into judgment with the ancients of His people, and with the princes thereof.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)

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