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14 The Lord will go to court[a]
    to oppose[b] the elders and princes of his people:

“You’re the ones who have been devouring the vineyard,
    the plunder of the poor is in your own houses!
15 How dare you crush[c] my people
    as you grind down the face of the poor?”
        declares the Lord God of the Heavenly Armies.[d]

Judgment of Jerusalem’s Women

16 The Lord also says:

“Because Zion’s women are so haughty,
    and walk with outstretched necks,
flirting with their eyes,
    prancing[e] along as they walk,
        and making tinkling noises with their ankle bracelets,[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 3:14 Lit. go into judgment
  2. Isaiah 3:14 Lit. with
  3. Isaiah 3:15 Lit. What do you mean by crushing
  4. Isaiah 3:15 So 1QIsaa MT; LXX lacks this line
  5. Isaiah 3:16 Or mincing
  6. Isaiah 3:16 Lit. their feet