Isaiah 3:12

עַמִּי נֹגְשָׂיו מְעוֹלֵל וְנָשִׁים מָשְׁלוּ בוֹ עַמִּי מְאַשְּׁרֶיךָ מַתְעִים וְדֶרֶךְ אֹֽרְחֹתֶיךָ בִּלֵּֽעוּ ׃ ס

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

11אוֹי לְרָשָׁע רָע כִּֽי ־ גְמוּל יָדָיו יֵעָשֶׂה לּֽוֹ ׃

13נִצָּב לָרִיב יְהוָה וְעֹמֵד לָדִין עַמִּֽים ׃

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Cross References

2 Kings 11:1וַֽעֲתַלְיָה אֵם אֲחַזְיָהוּ וראתה כִּי מֵת בְּנָהּ וַתָּקָם וַתְּאַבֵּד אֵת כָּל ־ זֶרַע הַמַּמְלָכָֽה ׃

Isaiah 3:4וְנָתַתִּי נְעָרִים שָׂרֵיהֶם וְתַעֲלוּלִים יִמְשְׁלוּ ־ בָֽם ׃

Isaiah 28:14לָכֵן שִׁמְעוּ דְבַר ־ יְהוָה אַנְשֵׁי לָצוֹן מֹֽשְׁלֵי הָעָם הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם ׃

Micah 3:5כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה עַל ־ הַנְּבִיאִים הַמַּתְעִים אֶת ־ עַמִּי הַנֹּשְׁכִים בְּשִׁנֵּיהֶם וְקָרְאוּ שָׁלוֹם וַאֲשֶׁר לֹא ־ יִתֵּן עַל ־ פִּיהֶם וְקִדְּשׁוּ עָלָיו מִלְחָמָֽה ׃

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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