Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Isaiah 3:4
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“I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.”
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And I will give children [to be] their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
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I will give boys to be their princes, and children shall rule over them.
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And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
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Isaiah 3
2 the mighty man and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the soothsayer and the elder,
3 the commander of fifty and the dignitary, the counselor, the cunning magician, and the clever enchanter.
4 “I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.”
5 The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable.
6 A man will seize his brother within his father’s house: “You have a cloak—you be our leader! Take charge of this heap of rubble.”
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