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10 Tell the righteous that it will go well for them,
and they will eat the fruit of their labors.

11 How terrible it will be for the wicked!
Disaster is coming upon them.
Yes, whatever they have done with their hands will be paid back to them.
12 As for my people, children will oppress them,[a]
and women will rule over them.
My people, your guides are leading you astray.
They are confusing you about the way you should go.

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  1. Isaiah 3:12 Or oppressors treat my people cruelly. Literally the sentence reads my people, his oppressors, he deals severely. The word he deals severely may also be read as children. The reading children fits the parallelism and is used above.