Isaiah 3:4
“I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.”
BSB
ASV
And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
KJV
And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
And I will give children to be their princes,.... Either in age, or in understanding, who are really so, or act like such; and in either sense, when this is the case, it is an unhappiness to a nation, Ecc 10:16, and babes shall rule over them; which is the same as before.
I will give children to be their princes “I will make boys their princes” - This also was fully accomplished in the succession of weak and wicked princes, from the death of Josiah to the destruction of the city and temple, and the taking of Zedekiah, the last of them, by Nebuchadnezzar. Babes shall rule over them - Dymennysche men schul lordschopen to hem. - Old MS. Bible.
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Ecclesiastes 10:16Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.
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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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Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.
“I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.”
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire…
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2 Chronicles 36:5Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
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Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah; she was from Rumah.
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2 Chronicles 33:1Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years.
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Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.
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2 Chronicles 36:9Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
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Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan; she was from Jerusalem.