Isaiah 3:12

New American Bible - revised edition

My people—infants oppress them, women rule over them! My people, your leaders deceive you, they confuse the paths you should follow.

Cross References

2 Kings 11:1

When Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead, she began to kill off the whole royal family.

Job 30:13

They tear up my path, they promote my ruin, no helper is there against them.

Proverbs 28:16

The less prudent the rulers, the more oppressive their deeds. Those who hate ill-gotten gain prolong their days.

Ecclesiastes 10:16

Woe to you, O land, whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning!

Isaiah 19:14

The Lord has prepared among them a spirit of dizziness, And they have made Egypt stagger in whatever she does, as a drunkard staggers in his vomit.

Isaiah 3:4

I will place boys as their princes; the fickle will govern them,

Isaiah 51:22

Thus says the Lord, your Master, your God, who defends his people: See, I am taking from your hand the cup of staggering; The bowl of my wrath you shall no longer drink.

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests teach on their own authority; Yet my people like it this way; what will you do when the end comes?

Micah 3:5

Thus says the Lord regarding the prophets: O you who lead my people astray, When your teeth have something to bite you announce peace, But proclaim war against the one who fails to put something in your mouth.

Nahum 3:13

Indeed your troops are women in your midst; To your foes are open wide the gates of your land, fire has consumed their bars.

Matthew 15:14

Let them alone; they are blind guides (of the blind). If a blind person leads a blind person, both will fall into a pit.”

Matthew 23:13

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You lock the kingdom of heaven before human beings. You do not enter yourselves, nor do you allow entrance to those trying to enter. [