Isaiah 3:12

Translations

Modern

Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.

Traditional

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.

Literal

My people—their oppressors are foolish children, and women rule over them. O My people, those who guide you lead you astray, and the way of your paths they have swallowed up.

Latin

Populum meum exactores sui spoliaverunt, et mulieres dominatæ sunt eis. Popule meus, qui te beatum dicunt, ipsi te decipiunt, et viam gressuum tuorum dissipant.

Original

Hebrew

English

Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.

Notes

Isaiah 3:1–12

These verses continue discussing judgment against Israel's leaders (see Isaiah 1:23–25). Removing leaders at all levels would let the mob take over. Chaos and famine would turn Judah and Jerusalem into a social wasteland.

Isaiah 2:5–4:1

Isaiah condemned Israel and Judah for their pride and self-importance. He warned them that only God should be honored. All attempts by humans to lift themselves up will actually result in humiliation.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah God’s Justice Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Isaiah 3:4
“I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.”
Nahum 3:13
Look at your troops—they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars.
Isaiah 28:14–15
Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.
2 Kings 11:1
When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs.
Numbers 6:23–27
“Tell Aaron and his sons: This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them:
Isaiah 9:15–16
The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.
Matthew 15:14
Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
Matthew 23:13
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.

Glossary

Isaiah, Book of

Topics

Christian Minister: False and Corrupt Rulers: Wicked Woman: To be Governed By, Considered a Calamity by the Jews Women: As Rulers

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