Isaiah 3:4

And I will make ne'arim (lads) to be their sarim, 1 and babes shall rule over them. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

In Context

3The sar chamishim, 1 the men of rank and yo'etz (counselor), 1 and masters in art, 1 and the expert enchanter. 1

5And HaAm shall be oppressed, 1 every one by another, 1 and every one by his re'a; 1 the na'ar shall behave himself proudly against the zaken, 1 and the base against the honorable. 1

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:1Menasheh was 12 years old when he began to reign, and he reigned 55 years in Yerushalayim,

2 Chronicles 36:2Yehoachaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Yerushalayim.

2 Chronicles 36:9Y'hoyakhin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Yerushalayim; and he did that which was rah in the eyes of Hashem.

Ecclesiastes 10:16Woe to thee, O eretz, when thy melech is a na'ar, 1 and thy sarim (princes) feast in the boker! 1

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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