“I will give (A)children[a] to be their princes,
And [b]babes shall rule over them.
The people will be oppressed,
Every one by another and every one by his neighbor;
The child will be insolent toward the [c]elder,
And the [d]base toward the honorable.”

When a man takes hold of his brother
In the house of his father, saying,
“You have clothing;
You be our ruler,
And let these ruins be under your [e]power,”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 3:4 boys
  2. Isaiah 3:4 Or capricious ones
  3. Isaiah 3:5 aged
  4. Isaiah 3:5 despised, lightly esteemed
  5. Isaiah 3:6 Lit. hand

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