Isaiah 3:1-15

New King James Version

⁴ “I will give ^(D)children^[c] to be their princes,
And ^[d]babes shall rule over them.
⁵ The people will be oppressed,
Every one by another and every one by his neighbor;
The child will be insolent toward the ^[e]elder,
And the ^[f]base toward the honorable.”

⁶ When a man takes hold of his brother
In the house of his father, saying,
“You have clothing;
You be our ruler,
And let these ruins be under your ^[g]power,”
⁷ In that day he will protest, saying,
“I cannot cure your ills,
For in my house is neither food nor clothing;
Do not make me a ruler of the people.”

⁸ For ^(E)Jerusalem stumbled,
And Judah is fallen,
Because their tongue and their doings
Are against the Lord,
To provoke the eyes of His glory.
⁹ The look on their countenance witnesses against them,
And they declare their sin as ^(F)Sodom;
They do not hide it.
Woe to their soul!
For they have brought evil upon themselves.

¹⁰ “Say to the righteous ^(G)that it shall be well with them,
^(H)For they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
¹¹ Woe to the wicked! ^(I)It shall be ill with him,
For the reward of his hands shall be ^[h]given him.
¹² As for My people, children are their oppressors,
And women rule over them.
O My people! ^(J)Those who lead you ^[i]cause you to err,
And destroy the way of your paths.”