Isaiah 3:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

He will let children and babies become your rulers.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:1

Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled fifty-five years from Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 34:1

Josiah was eight years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled thirty-one years from Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:11

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he was appointed king of Judah, and he ruled from Jerusalem for eleven years.

2 Chronicles 36:2

He was twenty-three years old at the time, and he ruled only three months from Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:5

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he was appointed king, and he ruled eleven years from Jerusalem. Jehoiakim disobeyed the LORD his God by doing evil.

2 Chronicles 36:9

Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled only three months and ten days from Jerusalem. Jehoiachin also disobeyed the LORD by doing evil.

Ecclesiastes 10:16

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

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.