Isaiah 3:4

Bible in Basic English 1965

And I will make children their chiefs, and foolish ones will have rule over them.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 10:16

Unhappy is the land whose king is a boy, and whose rulers are feasting in the morning.

2 Chronicles 36:9

Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for three months and ten days, and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 36:5

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for eleven years, and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God.

2 Chronicles 34:1

Josiah was eight years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for thirty-one years.

2 Chronicles 33:1

Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he was ruling for fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:11

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for eleven years.

2 Chronicles 36:2

Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for three months.

Isaiah 3:3

The captain of fifty, and the man of high position, and the wise guide, and the wonder-worker, and he who makes use of secret powers.

Isaiah 3:12

As for my people, their ruler is acting like a child, and those who have authority over them are women. O my people, your guides are the cause of your wandering, turning your footsteps out of the right way.

Isaiah 3:16

Again, the Lord has said, Because the daughters of Zion are full of pride, and go with outstretched necks and wandering eyes, with their foot-chains sounding when they go:

Jeremiah 52:3

And because of the wrath of the Lord this came about in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had sent them away from before him: and Zedekiah took up arms against the king of Babylon.