Verse 12
Isaiah 3:12
English Revised Version
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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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
עַמִּ/י֙ נֹגְשָׂ֣י/ו מְעוֹלֵ֔ל וְ/נָשִׁ֖ים מָ֣שְׁלוּ ב֑/וֹ עַמִּ/י֙ מְאַשְּׁרֶ֣י/ךָ מַתְעִ֔ים וְ/דֶ֥רֶךְ אֹֽרְחֹתֶ֖י/ךָ בִּלֵּֽעוּ
English Translation
My people are oppressed and women rule over them. My people, your creatures, lead them astray, and the way of your paths they have swallowed up.
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For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staf...
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the mighty man, and the man of war; the judge, and the prophet, and the diviner, and the ancient;
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the captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the...
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And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
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And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child s...
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When a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be...
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in that day shall he lift up his voice, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither...
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For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the...
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The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they h...
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Say ye of the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doing...
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Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
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12
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The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the peoples.
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The LORD will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and the princes thereof: It is ye t...
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what mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord, the LORD of ho...
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Moreover the LORD said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth nec...
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therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LO...
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In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their anklets, and the cauls, and the crescents;
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the pendants, and the bracelets, and the mufflers;
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the headtires, and the ankle chains, and the sashes, and the perfume boxes, and the amulets;
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the rings, and the nose jewels;
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the festival robes, and the mantles, and the shawls, and the satchels;
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the hand mirrors, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the veils.
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And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet spices there shall be rottenness; and instead of a...
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Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
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And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate and sit upon the ground.
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