Isaiah 3:12

God's Word

“Children will oppress my people. Women will rule them. My people, your guides mislead you, and you don’t know which way to go.”

Cross References

2 Kings 11:1

When Ahaziah’s mother, Athaliah, saw that her son was dead, she began to destroy the entire royal family.

Job 30:13

Yes, they remove all traces of my path in order to destroy me. No one is there to help me against them.

Proverbs 28:16

A leader without understanding taxes ⌞his people⌟ heavily, but those who hate unjust gain will live longer.

Ecclesiastes 10:16

How horrible it will be for any country where the king used to be a servant and where the high officials throw parties in the morning.

Isaiah 19:14

The Lord mixes up their minds. So they lead the Egyptians astray like a drunk who staggers in his vomit.

Isaiah 3:4

“I will make boys their leaders. Children will govern them.”

Isaiah 51:22

The Lord your God defends his people. This is what your master says: I’m taking from your hand the cup that makes people stagger, the bowl, the cup of my fury. You will never drink from it again.

Jeremiah 5:31

Prophets prophesy lies. Priests rule under the prophets’ directions, and my people love this. But what will you do in the end?”

Micah 3:5

This is what the Lord says about the prophets who mislead my people: When they have something to eat, they say, “All is well!” But they declare a holy war against those who don’t feed them.

Nahum 3:13

Look at your soldiers; they’re women! The gates of your country are wide open to your enemies. Fire has destroyed the bars of your gates.

Matthew 15:14

Leave them alone! They are blind leaders. When one blind person leads another, both will fall into the same pit.”

Matthew 23:13

“How horrible it will be for you, experts in Moses’ Teachings and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You lock people out of the kingdom of heaven. You don’t enter it yourselves, and you don’t permit others to enter when they try.