Isaiah 3:4

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

He will let children and babies become your rulers.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 10:16

A country is in for trouble when its ruler is childish, and its leaders party all day long.

2 Chronicles 36:9

Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled only 3 months and 10 days from Jerusalem. Jehoiachin also disobeyed the Lord by doing evil.

2 Chronicles 36:5

Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he was appointed king, and he ruled 11 years from Jerusalem. Jehoiakim disobeyed the Lord his God by doing evil.

2 Chronicles 34:1

Josiah was 8 years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled 31 years from Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 33:1

Manasseh was 12 years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled 55 years from Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:11

Zedekiah was 21 years old when he was appointed king of Judah, and he ruled from Jerusalem for 11 years.

2 Chronicles 36:2

He was 23 years old at the time, and he ruled only 3 months from Jerusalem.

Isaiah 3:3

officials and advisors, fortunetellers and others who tell the future.

Isaiah 3:12

Though you are God's people, you are ruled and abused by women and children. You are confused by leaders who guide you down the wrong path.

Isaiah 3:16

The Lord says: The women of Jerusalem are proud and strut around, winking shamelessly. They wear anklets that jingle and call attention to the way they walk.

Jeremiah 52:3

and it was Zedekiah who finally rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar. The people of Judah and Jerusalem had made the Lord so angry that he finally turned his back on them. That's why horrible things were happening there.