Isaiah 3:4

And I will make boys their princes, And children shall rule over them.

Noyes Bible

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 honorable man, The counsellor, the expert in arts, and the skilful in charms.

5And the people shall oppress one another, Man striving against man, and neighbor against neighbor; The boy shall behave himself insolently toward the aged, And the base toward the honorable.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 10:16Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes feast 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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