Isaiah 3:4

And I will make children their chiefs, and foolish ones will have rule over them.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

In Context

3The captain of fifty, and the man of high position, and the wise guide, and the wonder-worker, and he who makes use of secret powers.

5And the people will be crushed, every one by his neighbour; the young will be full of pride against the old, and those of low position will be lifted up against the noble.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:1Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he was ruling for fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:2Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for three months.

2 Chronicles 36:9Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for three months and ten days, and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 10:16Unhappy is the land whose king is a boy, and whose rulers are feasting in the morning.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 3:2-9

Judgments Denounced. ( b. c. 758.) 1 For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water, 2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, 3 The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator. 4 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. 5 And the people… Read the whole commentary →

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