Isaiah 3:5

"I will give boys to be their princes, and children shall rule over them."

Key Reflection

In Isaiah 3:5, this verse depicts a future where leadership is weakened, with inexperienced and immature individuals taking charge, symbolizing the moral decay of the society. It foreshadows a time when those unprepared for governance will rule, leading to chaos and decline.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

And the people shall be oppressed -This describes the state of anarchy and confusion which would exist under the reign of children and babesIsaiah 3:4, when all law would be powerless, and all rights violated, and when the feeble would be oppressed and borne down by the strong. The word used here, properly denotes that “unjust exactions or demands” would be made, or that the people would be “urged” to fulfill them. Every one by another -In turn they shall oppress and vex one another. Hebrew ‘man by man; and man by his neighbor’ - a strong mode of expression, denoting that there would be a state of mutual strife, and violation of rights; compare1 Kings 20:20. The child ...

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