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Isaiah 3:3-5
Contemporary English Version
Isaiah 3:3-5
Contemporary English Version
3 officials and advisors,
fortunetellers and others
who tell the future.
4 He will let children and babies[a]
become your rulers.
5 You will each be cruel
to friends and neighbors.
Young people will insult
their elders;
no one will show respect
to those who deserve it.
Footnotes
- 3.4 babies: Or “worthless nobodies.”
Isaiah 3:3-5
New International Version
Isaiah 3:3-5
New International Version
3 the captain of fifty(A) and the man of rank,(B)
the counselor, skilled craftsman(C) and clever enchanter.(D)
4 “I will make mere youths their officials;
children will rule over them.”(E)
5 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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