Isaiah 3:12

New International Reader's Version

Those who are young treat my people badly. Women rule over them. My people, your leaders have taken you down the wrong path. They have turned you away from the right path.

Cross References

2 Kings 11:1

Athaliah was Ahaziah’s mother. She saw that her son was dead. So she began to destroy the whole royal house of Judah.

Job 30:13

They tear up the road I walk on. They succeed in destroying me. They say, ‘No one can help him.’

Proverbs 28:16

A ruler who is mean to his people takes money from them by force. But one who hates money gained in the wrong way will rule a long time.

Ecclesiastes 10:16

How terrible it is for a land whose king used to be a servant! How terrible if its princes get drunk in the morning!

Isaiah 19:14

The Lord has given them a spirit that makes them feel dizzy. They make Egypt unsteady in everything it does. Egypt is like a person who drinks too much. He throws up and then walks around in the mess he’s made.

Isaiah 3:4

The Lord will make mere youths their leaders. Children will rule over them.

Isaiah 51:22

Your Lord and King speaks. He is your God. He stands up for his people. He says, “I have taken from you the cup of my great anger. It made you unsteady on your feet. But you will never drink from that cup again.

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets prophesy lies. The priests rule by their own authority. And my people love it this way. But what will you do in the end?”

Micah 3:5

The Lord says, “The prophets are those who lead my people astray. If my people feed them, the prophets promise them peace. If my people do not feed them, the prophets prepare to go to war against them.

Nahum 3:13

Look at your troops. All of them are weak. The gates of your forts are wide open to your enemies. Fire has destroyed the bars that lock your gates.

Matthew 15:14

Leave the Pharisees. They are blind guides. If one blind person leads another blind person, both of them will fall into a pit.”

Matthew 23:13

“How terrible it will be for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees! You pretenders! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter. And you will not let those enter who are trying to.