Isaiah 3:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

When a man shall take hold of his brother in his father’s house, saying, You have clothing, be our ruler, and let this ruin be under your hand:

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  • Isa 4:1 : 1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes; only let us be called by your name, to take away our reproach.
  • John 6:15 : 15 When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain alone.
  • Judg 11:6-8 : 6 And they said to Jephthah, Come and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon. 7 And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, Did you not hate me, and expel me out of my father's house? Why have you come to me now when you are in distress? 8 And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, Therefore we return to you now, that you may go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

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    6For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

  • Mic 2:2-4
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    2They covet fields and take them by violence, and houses, and take them away; so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

    3Therefore thus says the LORD; Behold, against this family I devise an evil from which you shall not remove your necks; neither shall you go haughtily, for this time is evil.

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