Isaiah 3:4
The LORD says,“I will make youths their officials; malicious young men will rule over them.
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Referenced Verses
- Eccl 10:16 : 16 The Problem with Foolish Rulers Woe to you, O land, when your king is childish, and your princes feast in the morning!
- 1 Kgs 3:7-9 : 7 Now, O LORD my God, you have made your servant king in my father David’s place, even though I am only a young man and am inexperienced. 8 Your servant stands among your chosen people; they are a great nation that is too numerous to count or number. 9 So give your servant a discerning mind so he can make judicial decisions for your people and distinguish right from wrong. Otherwise no one is able to make judicial decisions for this great nation of yours.”
- 2 Chr 33:1 : 1 Manasseh’s Reign Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
- 2 Chr 34:1 : 1 Josiah Institutes Religious Reforms Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
- 2 Chr 36:2 : 2 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
- 2 Chr 36:5 : 5 Jehoiakim’s Reign Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. He did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
- 2 Chr 36:9 : 9 Jehoiachin’s Reign Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did evil in the sight of the LORD.
- 2 Chr 36:11 : 11 Zedekiah’s Reign Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem.
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- Isa 3:5-73 verses86%
5The people will treat each other harshly; men will oppose each other; neighbors will fight. Youths will proudly defy the elderly and riffraff will challenge those who were once respected.
6Indeed, a man will grab his brother right in his father’s house and say,‘You own a coat– you be our leader! This heap of ruins will be under your control.’
7At that time the brother will shout,‘I am no doctor, I have no food or coat in my house; don’t make me a leader of the people!’”
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12Oppressors treat my people cruelly; creditors rule over them. My people’s leaders mislead them; they give you confusing directions.
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16Your sons will carry on the dynasty of your ancestors; you will make them princes throughout the land.
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16The Problem with Foolish Rulers Woe to you, O land, when your king is childish, and your princes feast in the morning!
- Isa 3:2-32 verses74%
2the mighty men and warriors, judges and prophets, omen readers and leaders,
3captains of groups of fifty, the respected citizens, advisers and those skilled in magical arts, and those who know incantations.
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20The descendants of Jacob will enjoy their former privileges. Their community will be reestablished in my favor and I will punish all who try to oppress them.
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1Justice and Wisdom Will Prevail Look, a king will promote fairness; officials will promote justice.
- Lam 5:12-132 verses73%
12Princes were hung by their hands; elders were mistreated.
13The young men perform menial labor; boys stagger from their labor.
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6Grandchildren are like a crown to the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.
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10Yet she went into captivity as an exile; even her infants were smashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her nobility; all her dignitaries were bound with chains.
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16Here is why this will be so: Before the child knows how to reject evil and choose what is right, the land whose two kings you fear will be desolate.
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13Labor Motivated by Prestige-Seeking A poor but wise youth is better than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to receive advice.
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4ד(Dalet) The infant’s tongue sticks to the roof of its mouth due to thirst; little children beg for bread, but no one gives them even a morsel.
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2From the mouths of children and nursing babies you have ordained praise on account of your adversaries, so that you might put an end to the vindictive enemy.
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21What will you say when the LORD appoints as rulers over you those allies that you, yourself, had actually prepared as such? Then anguish and agony will grip you like that of a woman giving birth to a baby.
- 1 Sam 8:11-122 verses71%
11He said,“Here are the policies of the king who will rule over you: He will conscript your sons and put them in his chariot forces and in his cavalry; they will run in front of his chariot.
12He will appoint for himself leaders of thousands and leaders of fifties, as well as those who plow his ground, reap his harvest, and make his weapons of war and his chariot equipment.
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16Their children will be smashed to pieces before their very eyes; their houses will be looted and their wives raped.
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15Ammon’s king will be deported; he and his officials will be carried off together.” The LORD has spoken!
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21Prepare to execute his sons for the sins their ancestors have committed. They must not rise up and take possession of the earth, or fill the surface of the world with cities.”
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14Bethel Will Be Destroyed Like Beth Arbel The roar of battle will rise against your people; all your fortresses will be devastated, just as Shalman devastated Beth Arbel on the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to the ground with their children.
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2When the righteous become numerous, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan.
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18Their arrows will cut young men to ribbons; they have no compassion on a person’s offspring, they will not look with pity on children.
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15I considered all the living who walk on earth, as well as the successor who would arise in his place.
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16by me princes rule, as well as nobles and all righteous judges.
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4He will defend the oppressed among the people; he will deliver the children of the poor and crush the oppressor.
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4I will hand Egypt over to a harsh master; a powerful king will rule over them,” says the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
- Ps 148:11-122 verses70%
11you kings of the earth and all you nations, you princes and all you leaders on the earth,
12you young men and young women, you elderly, along with you children!
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8that he might seat him with princes, with the princes of his people.
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2to keep the poor from getting fair treatment, and to deprive the oppressed among my people of justice, so they can steal what widows own, and loot what belongs to orphans.
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30The poor will graze in my pastures; the needy will rest securely. But I will kill your root by famine; it will put to death all your survivors.
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9“When this happens,” says the LORD,“the king and his officials will lose their courage. The priests will be struck with horror, and the prophets will be speechless in astonishment.”
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23Kings will be your children’s guardians; their princesses will nurse your children. With their faces to the ground they will bow down to you and they will lick the dirt on your feet. Then you will recognize that I am the LORD; those who wait patiently for me are not put to shame.
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2When a country is rebellious it has many princes, but by someone who is discerning and knowledgeable order is maintained.
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2Obedience, not Sacrifice Listen, O heavens, pay attention, O earth! For the LORD speaks:“I raised children, I brought them up, but they have rebelled against me!
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4The Political and Cultic Sin of Israel They enthroned kings without my consent! They appointed princes without my approval! They made idols out of their silver and gold, but they will be destroyed!
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14And I will smash them like wine bottles against one another, children and parents alike. I will not show any pity, mercy, or compassion. Nothing will keep me from destroying them,’ says the LORD.”
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8Slaves rule over us; there is no one to rescue us from their power.
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27The king will mourn and the prince will be clothed with shuddering; the hands of the people of the land will tremble. Based on their behavior I will deal with them, and by their standard of justice I will judge them. Then they will know that I am the LORD!”
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14with kings and counselors of the earth who built for themselves places now desolate,
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15Like a roaring lion or a roving bear, so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
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4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed at the place where judgment is rendered, nor is there anyone to deliver them.
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12Her nobles will have nothing left to call a kingdom and all her officials will disappear.
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5And the streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing.
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17Instead of bronze, I will bring you gold, instead of iron, I will bring you silver, instead of wood, I will bring you bronze, instead of stones, I will bring you iron. I will make prosperity your overseer, and vindication your sovereign ruler.