Verse 4
Isaiah 3:4
GOD'S WORD Translation
4
I will give boys to be their princes,
and children shall rule over them.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/נָתַתִּ֥י נְעָרִ֖ים שָׂרֵי/הֶ֑ם וְ/תַעֲלוּלִ֖ים יִמְשְׁלוּ בָֽ/ם
English Translation
And I will give boys as their leaders, and children shall rule over them.
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Chapter 3 Context
1
For, behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support...
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2
the mighty man,
the man of war,
the judge,
the prophet,
the diviner,
the elder,
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3
the captain of fifty,
the honorable man,
the counselor,
the skilled craftsman,
and the clever enchan...
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4
I will give boys to be their princes,
and children shall rule over them.
5
The people will be oppressed,
everyone by another,
and everyone by his neighbor.
The child will beha...
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6
Indeed a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying,
“You have clothing,...
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7
In that day he will cry out, saying, “I will not be a healer;
for in my house is neither bread nor c...
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8
For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen;
because their tongue and their doings are against Yahw...
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9
The look of their faces testify against them.
They parade their sin like Sodom.
They don’t hide it....
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10
Tell the righteous “Good!”
For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
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11
Woe to the wicked!
Disaster is upon them;
for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.
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12
As for my people, children are their oppressors,
and women rule over them.
My people, those who lead...
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13
Yahweh stands up to contend,
and stands to judge the peoples.
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14
Yahweh will enter into judgment with the elders of his people,
and their leaders:
“It is you who hav...
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15
What do you mean that you crush my people,
and grind the face of the poor?” says the Lord, Yahweh of...
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16
Moreover Yahweh said, “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty,
and walk with outstretched necks a...
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17
therefore the Lord brings sores on the crown of the head of the women of Zion,
and Yahweh will make...
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18
In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, the headbands, the crescent necklac...
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19
the earrings, the bracelets, the veils,
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20
the headdresses, the ankle chains, the sashes, the perfume bottles, the charms,
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21
the signet rings, the nose rings,
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22
the fine robes, the capes, the cloaks, the purses,
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23
the hand mirrors, the fine linen garments, the tiaras, and the shawls.
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24
It shall happen that instead of sweet spices, there shall be rottenness;
instead of a belt, a rope;...
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25
Your men shall fall by the sword,
and your mighty in the war.
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26
Her gates shall lament and mourn;
and she shall be desolate and sit on the ground.
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