Isaiah 3:12

As for my people, children are their oppressors, 2 and women rule over them. 2 My people, those who lead you cause you to err, 2 and destroy the way of your paths. 1

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In The King James Version

As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.

In Context

11Woe to the wicked! 2 Disaster is upon them; 2 for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him. 1

13Adonai stands up to contend, 2 and stands to judge the peoples. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 3:4I will give boys to be their princes, 2 and children shall rule over them. 1

Isaiah 28:14Therefore sh'ma ·hear obey· Adonai’s word, you scoffers, that rule this people in Jerusalem [City of peace]:

Matthew 15:14Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the 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 →

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