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“But[a] at that time,[b] he’ll protest![c]
    He’ll say, ‘I won’t be your healer.
I have neither food nor clothing in my house!
    You’re not going to make me a leader of the people!’

“For Jerusalem has stumbled,
    and Judah has fallen,
because what they say and do opposes[d] the Lord;
    they keep defying him.[e]

“The expressions on their faces give them away.[f]
    They parade their sin around like Sodom;
        they don’t even try to[g] hide it.
How horrible it will be for them,
    because they have brought disaster on themselves!”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 3:7 So 1QIsaa LXX; the Heb. lacks But
  2. Isaiah 3:7 Lit. day
  3. Isaiah 3:7 Lit. he’ll cry out
  4. Isaiah 3:8 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read do is towards
  5. Isaiah 3:8 Lit. defying his glorious presence
  6. Isaiah 3:9 Lit. faces bears witness against them
  7. Isaiah 3:9 1QIsaa MT lack try to

But in that day(A) he will cry out,
    “I have no remedy.(B)
I have no food(C) or clothing in my house;
    do not make me the leader of the people.”(D)

Jerusalem staggers,
    Judah is falling;(E)
their words(F) and deeds(G) are against the Lord,
    defying(H) his glorious presence.
The look on their faces testifies(I) against them;
    they parade their sin like Sodom;(J)
    they do not hide it.
Woe to them!
    They have brought disaster(K) upon themselves.

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