Isaiah 3:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.”
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“Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they that lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“My people--its exactors <FI>are<Fi> sucklings, And women have ruled over it. My people--thy eulogists are causing to err, And the way of thy paths swallowed up.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 3:12 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 6:23“Tell Aaron and his sons: This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them:
- 2 Kings 11:1When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs.
- Job 30:13They tear up my path; they profit from my destruction, with no one to restrain them.
- Isaiah 3:4“I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.”
- Isaiah 9:15The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.
- Isaiah 28:14Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
- Micah 3:5This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:
- Nahum 3:13Look at your troops— they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars.
- Matthew 15:14Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
- Matthew 23:13Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
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