Isaiah 3:4

“I will place mere youths as their leaders, and the young will 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 and the respected citizen, the counselor, the expert craftsman and the skillful enchanter. 1

5The people will be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor; 1 the child will insult the elderly, and the degraded will challenge the honorable. 1

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:1Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:2Jehoahaz + 36:2 Jehoahaz is written in HEB Joahaz , but refers to the same person. was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:9Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign; he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh.

Ecclesiastes 10:16Woe to you, land, if your king is a young boy, 2 and if your leaders begin feasting in the morning! 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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