Isaiah 3:12
Children are extortioners of my people, and women haue rule ouer them: O my people, they that leade thee, cause thee to erre, and destroy the way of thy paths.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
11Woe be to the wicked, it shalbe euill with him: for the reward of his handes shalbe giuen him.
13The Lord standeth vp to pleade, yea, hee standeth to iudge the people.
Cross References
2 Kings 11:1Then Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah when she saw that her sonne was dead, she arose, and destroyed all the Kings seede.
Isaiah 3:4And I will appoint children to bee their princes, and babes shall rule ouer them.
Isaiah 28:14Wherefore, heare the worde of the Lord, ye scornefull men that rule this people, which is at Ierusalem.
Micah 3:5Thus saith the Lord, Concerning the prophets that deceiue my people, and bite them with their teeth, and cry peace, but if a man put not into their mouthes, they prepare warre against him,
Matthew 15:14Let them alone, they be the blinde leaders of the blinde: and if the blinde leade ye blinde, both shall fall into the ditche.
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 →