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Isaiah 3:4 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 3 · verse 4
And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.Isaiah 3:4 · King James Version
Isaiah 3:4 in context
2The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,
3The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
4And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
5And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
6When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- childrennaʻara boy , from the age of infancy to adolescenceH5288 →
- princessara head personH8269 →
- babestaʻălûwlcapriceH8586 →
- givenâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
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The prophet, in the close of the foregoing chapter, had given a necessary caution to all not to put confidence in man, or any creature; he had also given a general reason for that caution, taken from the frailty of human life and the vanity and weakness of human powers.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8