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And I will make (A)young men their princes,
And [a]capricious children will rule over them,
And the people will be (B)oppressed,
Each one by another, and each one by his (C)neighbor;
The youth will overwhelm the elder
And the dishonorable against the honorable.
When a man (D)grasps his brother in his father’s house, saying,
“You have a cloak, you shall be our ruler,
And these ruins will be under your hand,”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 3:4 Lit arbitrary power will rule

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

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

A man will seize one of his brothers
    in his father’s house, and say,
“You have a cloak, you be our leader;
    take charge of this heap of ruins!”

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