Isaiah 3:12
As for my people, children are their oppressors, And women rule over them. O my people, thy leaders cause thee to err, And destroy the way in which thou walkest!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
11Woe to the wicked, it shall be ill with him, For the work of his hands shall be repaid him!
13Jehovah standeth up to maintain his cause; He standeth up to judge his people.
Cross References
Isaiah 3:4And I will make boys their princes, And children shall rule over them.
Isaiah 28:14Wherefore hear ye the word of Jehovah, Ye scoffers, who rule this people in Jerusalem!
Micah 3:5Thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets, who deceive my people, Who, while they bite with their teeth, proclaim peace, But who, if one fill not their mouths, prepare war against him:
Matthew 15:14Let them alone; they are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a ditch.
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 →