Isaiah 3:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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.

Cross References

2 Kings 11:1

As soon as Athaliah heard that her son King Ahaziah was dead, she decided to kill any relative who could possibly become king. She would have done that,

Job 30:13

Without any help, they prevent my escape, destroying me completely

Proverbs 28:16

A heartless leader is a fool, but anyone who refuses to get rich by cheating others will live a long time.

Ecclesiastes 10:16

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

Isaiah 19:14

The LORD has confused Egypt; its leaders have made it stagger and vomit like a drunkard.

Isaiah 3:4

He will let children and babies become your rulers.

Isaiah 51:22

to the LORD your God, who defends you and says, “I have taken from your hands the cup filled with my anger that made you drunk. You will never be forced to drink it again.

Jeremiah 5:31

Prophets give their messages in the name of a false god, my priests don't want to serve me, and you—my own people— like it this way! But on the day of disaster, where will you turn for help?

Micah 3:5

You lying prophets promise security for anyone who gives you food, but disaster for anyone who refuses to feed you. Here is what the LORD says to you prophets:

Nahum 3:13

Your army is weak. Fire has destroyed the crossbars on your city gates; now they stand wide open to your enemy.

Matthew 15:14

Stay away from those Pharisees! They are like blind people leading other blind people, and all of them will fall into a ditch.”

Matthew 23:13

You Pharisees and teachers of the Law of Moses are in for trouble! You're nothing but show-offs. You lock people out of the kingdom of heaven. You won't go in yourselves, and you keep others from going in.