“I will give (A)children[a] to be their princes,
And [b]babes shall rule over them.

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  1. Isaiah 3:4 boys
  2. Isaiah 3:4 Or capricious ones

“I will make mere youths their officials;
    children will rule over them.”(A)

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The people will be oppressed,
Every one by another and every one by his neighbor;
The child will be insolent toward the [a]elder,
And the [b]base toward the honorable.”

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  1. Isaiah 3:5 aged
  2. Isaiah 3:5 despised, lightly esteemed

People will oppress each other—
    man against man, neighbor against neighbor.(A)
The young will rise up against the old,
    the nobody against the honored.

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11 (A)Woe to those who rise early in the morning,
That they may [a]follow intoxicating drink;
Who continue until night, till wine inflames them!

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  1. Isaiah 5:11 pursue

11 Woe(A) to those who rise early in the morning
    to run after their drinks,
who stay up late at night
    till they are inflamed with wine.(B)

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