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Chapter 13
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This chapter is from Isaiah 3. Considering how hard it
would be to transcribe an entire chapter from Isaiah onto metal plates.
Wouldn’t it make more sense for the author to reference the writings from
Isaiah and perhaps provide some commentary?
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1 For behold, the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, doth take away
from Jerusalem, and from Judah, the stay and the staff, the whole staff of
bread, and the whole stay of water—
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2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the
prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient;
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3 The captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the
counselor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
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4 And I will give children unto them to be their princes,
and babes shall rule over them.
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5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another,
and every one by his neighbor; the child shall behave himself proudly against
the ancient, and the base against the honorable.
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6 When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house
of his father, and shall say: Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let
not this ruin come under thy hand—
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7 In that day shall he swear, saying: I will not be a
healer; for in my house there is neither bread nor clothing; make me not a
ruler of the people.
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8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen, because
their tongues and their doings have been against the Lord, to provoke the
eyes of his glory.
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9 The show of their countenance doth witness against them,
and doth declare their sin to be even as Sodom, and they cannot hide it. Wo
unto their souls, for they have rewarded evil unto themselves!
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10 Say unto the righteous that it is well with them; for
they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
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11 Wo unto the wicked, for they shall perish; for the
reward of their hands shall be upon them!
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12 And my people, children are their oppressors, and women
rule over them. O my people, they who lead thee cause thee to err and destroy
the way of thy paths.
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13 The Lord standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge
the people.
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14 The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of
his people and the princes thereof; for ye have eaten up the vineyard and the
spoil of the poor in your houses.
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15 What mean ye? Ye beat my people to pieces, and grind
the faces of the poor, saith the Lord God of Hosts.
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16 Moreover, 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—
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17 Therefore 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.
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The LDS footnote for this in Isaiah 3:17 says, “HEB
expose; idiom meaning ‘put them to shame.’” Other sources provide more detail
to the effect of this source: “It was the barbarous custom of the conquerors
of those times to strip their captives naked, and to make them travel in that
condition, exposed to the inclemency of the weather; and the worst of all, to
the intolerable heat of the sun. But this to the women was the height of
cruelty and indignity” (Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary).
Scripture verses like this seems to be part of the
challenge of reconciling an all-loving God with the suffering his children
are subject to.
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18 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of
their tinkling ornaments, and cauls, and round tires like the moon;
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19 The chains and the bracelets, and the mufflers;
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20 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the
headbands, and the tablets, and the ear-rings;
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21 The rings, and nose jewels;
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22 The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and
the wimples, and the crisping-pins;
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23 The glasses, and the fine linen, and hoods, and the
veils.
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24 And it shall come to pass, 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; burning
instead of beauty.
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25 Thy men shall fall by the sword and thy mighty in the
war.
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26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be
desolate, and shall sit upon the ground.
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