New International Version (© 2011) Youths oppress my people, women rule over them. My people, your guides lead you astray; they turn you from the path.King James Bible As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.American Standard Version As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they that lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.Young's Literal Translation My people -- its exactors are sucklings, And women have ruled over it. My people -- thy eulogists are causing to err, And the way of thy paths swallowed up.Isaiah 3:12 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleErr "Pervert" - בלעו billeu, "swallow." Among many unsatisfactory methods of accounting for the unusual meaning of this word in this place, I choose Jarchi's explication, as making the best sense. "Read בללו billalu, 'confound.' Syriac." - Dr. Judd. "Read בהלו beholu, 'disturb or trouble.'" - Secker. So Septuagint. This verse might be read, "The collectors of grapes shall be their oppressors; and usurers (noshim, instead of nashim, women) shall rule over them." Treasury of Scripture Knowledge children Isaiah 3:4 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. 2 Kings 11:1 And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. Nahum 3:13 Behold, your people in the middle of you are women: the gates of your land shall be set wide open to your enemies... lead thee. or, which call thee blessed Isaiah 9:15 The ancient and honorable, he is the head; and the prophet that teaches lies, he is the tail. Numbers 6:23-27 Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, On this wise you shall bless the children of Israel, saying to them... Jeremiah 5:31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so... Matthew 15:14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. destroy. Heb. swallow p Matthew 23:14 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayer... Isaiah 3:12 Parallel Commentaries
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Job 30:13 They break up my road; they succeed in destroying me. 'No one can help him,' they say. Proverbs 28:16 A tyrannical ruler practices extortion, but one who hates ill-gotten gain will enjoy a long reign. Ecclesiastes 10:16 Woe to the land whose king was a servant and whose princes feast in the morning. Isaiah 3:4 "I will make mere youths their officials; children will rule over them." Isaiah 9:16 Those who guide this people mislead them, and those who are guided are led astray. Isaiah 19:14 The LORD has poured into them a spirit of dizziness; they make Egypt stagger in all that she does, as a drunkard staggers around in his vomit. Isaiah 28:14 Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.
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