Isaiah 3:12 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 3:12

Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.

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ASV

As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they that lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Against the Pelagians 2.24 (420)

Let us hearken to God, as he proclaims through Isaiah: "O my people, they that call you blessed lead you astray, throw you down headlong." Who is more guilty of throwing the people of God down headlong? He who relies on the power of the free will and scorns the help of the Creator and is secure in his own will, or he who fears the judgment of God at every thought of his precepts?

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

As for my people, children are their oppressors,.... Or rulers; for נוגש, in the Ethiopic language, signifies a king: or "exactors", as in Isa 60:17 princes are so called, because they exact tribute of their subjects, and sometimes in a tyrannical and oppressive manner, and so get the name of oppressors. The sense is the same with Isa 3:

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Err “Pervert” - בלעו billeu, “swallow.” Among many unsatisfactory methods of accounting for the unusual meaning of this word in this place, I choose Jarchi’s explication, as making the best sense. “Read בללו billalu, ‘confound.’ Syriac.” - Dr. Judd. “Read בהלו beholu, ‘disturb or trouble.’” - Secker. So Septuagint. This verse might be read, “The collectors of grapes shall be their oppressors; and usurers (noshim, instead of nashim, women) shall rule over them.”

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עַמִּי֙	'a.Mi	people my	H5971 →
נֹגְשָׂ֣יו	no.ge.Sav	oppressors its	H5065 →
מְעוֹלֵ֔ל	me.'o.Lel	[is] acting like children	H5953 →
וְנָשִׁ֖ים	ve.na.Shim	and women	H802 →
מָ֣שְׁלוּ	Ma.she.lu	they have ruled	H4910 →
ב֑וֹ	vo	over it
עַמִּי֙	'a.Mi	O people my	H5971 →
מְאַשְּׁרֶ֣יךָ	me.'a.she.Rei.kha	guides your	H833 →
מַתְעִ֔ים	mat.'Im	[are] misleading	H8582 →
וְדֶ֥רֶךְ	ve.De.rekh	and [the] way of	H1870 →
אֹֽרְחֹתֶ֖יךָ	'o.re.cho.Tei.kha	paths your	H734 →
בִּלֵּֽעוּ׃ ס	bi.Le.'u	they have confused	H1104 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 15:14
Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
leads to
- Luke 6:39
  Jesus also told them a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?
- Isaiah 56:10
  Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.
- Matthew 23:16–24
  Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’
- Malachi 2:8
  But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of Hosts.
Through
Isaiah 3:4
“I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.”
leads to
- Ecclesiastes 10:16
  Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.
Through
Nahum 3:13
Look at your troops—they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars.
leads to
- Jeremiah 51:30
  The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken.
Through
2 Kings 11:1
When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs.
leads to
- Jeremiah 41:1
  In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and one of the king’s chief officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son…
- 2 Chronicles 22:10–12
  When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs of the house of Judah.

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06About Isaiah

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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About Isaiah