Isaiah 3:12
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12 My people—their oppressors extort them,
and creditors[a] rule over them.
O my people, your leaders mislead you
and confuse the course of your paths.(A)
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- 3.12 Gk: Heb women
Isaiah 3:4
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4 And I will make youths their princes,
and children shall rule over them.(A)
Nahum 3:13
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13 Look at your troops:
they are women in your midst.
The gates of your land
are wide open to your foes;
fire has devoured the bars of your gates.(A)
2 Kings 11:1
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Athaliah Reigns over Judah
11 Now when Athaliah, Ahaziah’s mother, saw that her son was dead, she set about to destroy all the royal family.(A)
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Matthew 15:14
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14 Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind.[a] And if one blind person guides another, both will fall into a pit.”(A)
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- 15.14 Other ancient authorities lack of the blind
Isaiah 28:14-15
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14 Therefore hear the word of the Lord, you scoffers
who rule this people in Jerusalem.(A)
15 Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,
and with Sheol we have an agreement;
when the overwhelming scourge passes through
it will not come to us,
for we have made lies our refuge,
and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;(B)
Matthew 23:13
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13 “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you lock people out of the kingdom of heaven. For you do not go in yourselves, and when others are going in you stop them.[a](A)
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Jeremiah 5:31
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31 the prophets prophesy falsely,
and the priests rule as the prophets direct;[a]
my people love to have it so,
but what will you do when the end comes?(A)
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- 5.31 Or rule by their own authority
Isaiah 9:15-16
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15 elders and dignitaries are the head,
and prophets who teach lies are the tail,(A)
16 for those who led this people led them astray,
and those who were led by them were left in confusion.(B)
Numbers 6:23-27
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23 “Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying: Thus you shall bless the Israelites: You shall say to them:(A)
24 The Lord bless you and keep you;(B)
25 the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;(C)
26 the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.(D)
27 “So they shall put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.”(E)
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