Isaiah 3:4

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

World Messianic Bible

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

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

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Cross References

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

2 Chronicles 36:2Joahaz 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, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight.

Ecclesiastes 10:16Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!

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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