Isaiah 3:12

New Century Version

Children treat my people cruelly, and women rule over them. My people, your guides lead you in the wrong way and turn you away from what is right.

Cross References

2 Kings 11:1

When Ahaziah’s mother, Athaliah, saw that her son was dead, she killed all the royal family.

Job 30:13

They break up my road and work to destroy me, and no one helps me.

Proverbs 28:16

A ruler without wisdom will be cruel, but the one who refuses to take dishonest money will rule a long time.

Ecclesiastes 10:16

How terrible it is for a country whose king is a child and whose leaders eat all morning.

Isaiah 19:14

The Lord has made the leaders confused. They have led Egypt to wander in the wrong ways, like drunk people stumbling in their own vomit.

Isaiah 3:4

The Lord says, “I will cause young boys to be your leaders, and foolish children will rule over you.

Isaiah 51:22

Your God will defend his people. This is what the Lord your God says: “The punishment I gave you is like a cup of wine. You drank it and could not walk straight. But I am taking that cup of my anger away from you, and you will never be punished by my anger again.

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets speak lies, and the priests take power into their own hands, and my people love it this way. But what will you do when the end comes?

Micah 3:5

The Lord says this about the prophets who teach his people the wrong way of living: “If these prophets are given food to eat, they shout, ‘Peace!’ But if someone doesn’t give them what they ask for, they call for a holy war against that person.

Nahum 3:13

Look at your soldiers. They are all women! The gates of your land are wide open for your enemies; fire has burned the bars of your gates.

Matthew 15:14

Stay away from the Pharisees; they are blind leaders. And if a blind person leads a blind person, both will fall into a ditch.”

Matthew 23:13

“How terrible for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees! You are hypocrites! You close the door for people to enter the kingdom of heaven. You yourselves don’t enter, and you stop others who are trying to enter. [