Isaiah 3:4
I will give them boys as their leaders who will rule over them in childish ways.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
In Context
3army captains, state officials, counselors, craftsmen, masters of magic, and experts in the occult.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:1Manasseh was twelve when he became king, and he reigned in for Jerusalem fifty-five years.
2 Chronicles 36:2Jehoahaz was twenty-three when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for three months.
2 Chronicles 36:9Jehoiachin was eighteen when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for three months and ten days. He did evil in the Lord's sight.
Ecclesiastes 10:16You're in trouble if the king of your country is young, and if your leaders are busy feasting from early 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 →