Isaiah 3:2

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Isaiah 3:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 For behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food and water,

2 the mighty man and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the soothsayer and the elder,

3 the commander of fifty and the dignitary, the counselor, the cunning magician, and the clever enchanter.

4 “I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.”

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Isaiah 2:13

against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan,

Isaiah 2:14

against all the tall mountains, against all the high hills,

Isaiah 2:15

against every high tower, against every fortified wall,

2 Kings 24:14

He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.

2 Kings 24:15

Nebuchadnezzar carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, as well as the king’s mother, his wives, his officials, and the leading men of the land. He took them into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

2 Kings 24:16

The king of Babylon also brought into exile to Babylon all seven thousand men of valor and a thousand craftsmen and metalsmiths—all strong and fit for battle.

Psalms 74:9

There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.

Lamentations 5:12

Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.

Lamentations 5:13

Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.

Lamentations 5:14

The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.

Amos 2:3

I will cut off the ruler of Moab and kill all the officials with him,” says the LORD.

Isaiah 9:15

The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.

Ezekiel 8:12

“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”

Ezekiel 9:5

And as I listened, He said to the others, “Follow him through the city and start killing; do not show pity or spare anyone!