3:10 Tell the innocent 1 it will go well with them, 2
for they will be rewarded for what they have done. 3
3:11 Too bad for the wicked sinners!
For they will get exactly what they deserve. 4
3:12 Oppressors treat my 5 people cruelly;
creditors rule over them. 6
My people’s leaders mislead them;
they give you confusing directions. 7
3:13 The Lord takes his position to judge;
he stands up to pass sentence on his people. 8
3:14 The Lord comes to pronounce judgment
on the leaders of his people and their officials.
He says, 9 “It is you 10 who have ruined 11 the vineyard! 12
You have stashed in your houses what you have stolen from the poor. 13
3:15 Why do you crush my people
and grind the faces of the poor?” 14
The sovereign Lord who commands armies 15 has spoken.
3:16 The Lord says,
“The women 16 of Zion are proud.
They walk with their heads high 17
and flirt with their eyes.
They skip along 18
and the jewelry on their ankles jingles. 19
3:17 So 20 the sovereign master 21 will afflict the foreheads of Zion’s women 22 with skin diseases, 23
the Lord will make the front of their heads bald.” 24
3:18 25 At that time 26 the sovereign master will remove their beautiful ankle jewelry, 27 neck ornaments, crescent shaped ornaments, 3:19 earrings, bracelets, veils, 3:20 headdresses, ankle ornaments, sashes, sachets, 28 amulets,