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the captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counsellor, and the expert [a]artificer, and the skilful enchanter. And I will give children to be their princes, and [b]babes shall rule over them. And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 3:3 Or, charmer
  2. Isaiah 3:4 Or, with childishness shall they rule over them

the captain of fifty(A) and the man of rank,(B)
    the counselor, skilled craftsman(C) and clever enchanter.(D)

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

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

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