The captain of fifty and the honorable man,
The counselor and the expert artisan,
And the skillful enchanter.
And I will make mere (A)lads 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 storm against the elder
And the inferior against the honorable.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 3:4 Lit arbitrary power will rule

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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