Isaiah 3:12
O my people, your exactors strip you, and extortioners rule over you: O my people, they that pronounce you blessed lead you astray, and pervert the path of your feet.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
11Woe to the transgressor! evils shall happen to him according to the works of his hands.
13But now the Lord will stand up for judgment, and will enter into judgment with his people.
Cross References
2 Kings 11:1And Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, and she destroyed all the seed royal.
Isaiah 3:4And I will make youths their princes, and mockers shall have dominion over them.
Isaiah 28:14Therefore hear ye the word of the Lord, ye afflicted men, and ye princes of this people that is in Jerusalem.
Micah 3:5Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that lead my people astray, that bite with their teeth, and proclaim peace to them; and when nothing was put into their mouth, they raised up war against them:
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 3:10-16
Judgments Denounced.. ( b. c. 758.) 9 The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves. 10 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. 11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. 12 As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they… Read the whole commentary →