Isaiah 3:1-7
American Standard Version
3 For, behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water; 2 the mighty man, and the man of war; the judge, and the prophet, and the diviner, and the elder; 3 the captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counsellor, and the expert [a]artificer, and the skilful enchanter. 4 And I will give children to be their princes, and [b]babes shall rule over them. 5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable. 6 When a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our [c]ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand; 7 in that day shall he lift up his voice, saying, I will not be [d]a healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: ye shall not make me ruler of the people.
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- Isaiah 3:3 Or, charmer
- Isaiah 3:4 Or, with childishness shall they rule over them
- Isaiah 3:6 Or, judge
- Isaiah 3:7 Hebrew a binder up.
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