And I will make mere (A)lads their princes,
And [a]capricious children will rule over them,
And the people will be (B)oppressed,
Each one by another, and each one by his (C)neighbor;
The youth will storm against the elder
And the inferior against the honorable.
When a man (D)lays hold of his brother in his father’s house, saying,
“You have a cloak, you shall be our ruler,
And these ruins will be under your [b]charge,”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 3:4 Lit arbitrary power will rule
  2. Isaiah 3:6 Lit hand