Isaiah 3:12

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Even children will defeat my people, and women will rule over them. My people, your guides lead you the wrong way, and they destroy the path you should follow.

Cross References

Isaiah 3:4

He says, “I will put young boys in charge of you. They will be your leaders.

Nahum 3:13

Nineveh, your people are all like women—and the enemy soldiers are ready to take them. The gates of your land are open wide for your enemies to come in. Fire has destroyed the wooden bars across the gates.

Matthew 15:14

Stay away from the Pharisees. They lead the people, but they are like blind men leading other blind men. And if a blind man leads another blind man, both of them will fall into a ditch.”

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets tell lies. The priests will not do what they were chosen to do, and my people love it this way! But what will you people do when your punishment comes?

2 Kings 11:1

Athaliah was Ahaziah’s mother. She saw that her son was dead, so she got up and killed all the king’s family.

Matthew 23:13

“It will be bad for you teachers of the law and you Pharisees! You are hypocrites! You close the way for people to enter God’s kingdom. You yourselves don’t enter, and you stop those who are trying to enter.

Job 30:13

They guard the road so that I cannot escape. They succeed in destroying me, without help from anyone.

Proverbs 28:16

A foolish ruler hurts the people under him, but a ruler who hates wrong will rule for a long time.

Ecclesiastes 10:16

It is very bad for a country if the king is like a child. And it is very bad for a country if its rulers use all their time eating.

Isaiah 19:14

The Lord confused them, so they wander around and lead Egypt the wrong way. Everything they do is wrong. They are like drunks rolling in their vomit.

Isaiah 51:22

Your God is the one who fights for his people. He is your Lord GOD, and he says to you, “Look, I am taking this ‘cup of poison’ away from you. It is full of my anger, and I am taking it out of your hand. You will not be punished by my anger again.

Micah 3:5

Some false prophets are telling lies to the Lord’s people. This is what the Lord says about them: “These prophets are led by their stomachs. They promise peace for those who give them food, but they promise war to those who do not give them food.