Isaiah 3:5-7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
5 And the people will oppress one another,
yes, each one the neighbor.
The child will be insolent toward the elder,
and the base toward the honorable.(A)
6 When anyone seizes a brother
in their father’s house, saying,
“You have clothes! Be our ruler,
and take in hand this ruin!”—
7 He will cry out in that day:
“I cannot be a healer,(B)
when there is neither bread nor clothing in my own house!
You will not make me a ruler of the people!”
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