the captain of fifty
    and the man of rank,
the counselor and the skillful magician
    and the expert in charms.
(A)And I will make boys their princes,
    and infants[a] shall rule over them.
(B)And the people will oppress one another,
    every one his fellow
    and every one his neighbor;
the youth will be insolent to the elder,
    and the despised to the honorable.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 3:4 Or caprice

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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