Isaiah 3:12
As for My people, children are their nogesim (taskmasters), 1 and nashim rule over them. 1 O My people, they which lead thee cause thee to go astray, 1 misleading and swallowing up the Derech Orkhot (way of paths) of thee. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
11Oy to the rasha! It shall be rah with him; 1 for what his hands have wrought will be done to him. 1
13Hashem hath stood to accuse, 1 and standeth for Din (judging) the Amim (Nations). 1
Cross References
2 Kings 11:1And when Atalyah em Achazyahu saw that her ben was dead, she arose and destroyed kol zera hamamlachah.
Isaiah 3:4And I will make ne'arim (lads) to be their sarim, 1 and babes shall rule over them. 1
Isaiah 28:14Therefore hear the Devar Hashem, ye scoffing anashim, 1 that rule HaAm Hazeh which is in Yerushalayim. 1
Micah 3:5Thus saith Hashem concerning the nevi'im that make Ami err, leading them astray, 1 the nevi'im that bite with their teeth, and preach: Shalom! 1 And whoever putteth nothing into their mouths, 1 v'kiddeshu milchamah (they sanctify war) against him. 1
Matthew 15:14Leave them. They are blind morei derech (guides, teachers) of [the] blind. And if the ivver (blind man) leads the ivrim (blind), both will fall into a pit.
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 →