Isaiah 3:4-6
Easy-to-Read Version
4 He says, “I will put young boys in charge of you. They will be your leaders. 5 The people will turn against each other. Young people will not respect those who are older. The common people will not respect important leaders.”
6 At that time a man will grab one of his brothers from his own family and tell him, “You have a coat,[a] so you will be our leader. You will be the leader over all these ruins.”
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- Isaiah 3:6 coat Or “robe.” This showed that a person was a leader of the people.
Isaiah 3:4-6
New International Version
4 “I will make mere youths their officials;
children will rule over them.”(A)
5 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.
6 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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