Isaiah 3:4

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

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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, 2 the honorable man, 2 the counselor, 2 the skilled craftsman, 2 and the clever enchanter. 1

5The people will be oppressed, 2 everyone by another, 2 and everyone by his neighbor. 1 The child will behave himself proudly against the old man, 2 and the base against the honorable. 1

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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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