Isaiah 3:4

New English Translation

The Lord says, “I will make youths their officials; malicious young men will rule over them.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:1

Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 34:1

Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:11

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:2

Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:5

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. He did evil in the sight of the Lord his God.

2 Chronicles 36:9

Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did evil in the sight of the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 10:16

Woe to you, O land, when your king is childish, and your princes feast in the morning!

Isaiah 3:12

Oppressors treat my people cruelly; creditors rule over them. My people’s leaders mislead them; they give you confusing directions.

Isaiah 3:16

The Lord says, “The women of Zion are proud. They walk with their heads high and flirt with their eyes. They skip along and the jewelry on their ankles jingles.

Isaiah 3:3

captains of groups of fifty, the respected citizens, advisers and those skilled in magical arts, and those who know incantations.

Jeremiah 52:3

What follows is a record of what happened to Jerusalem and Judah because of the Lord’s anger when he drove them out of his sight. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.