Isaiah 3:4

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Isaiah 3:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible

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.”

5 The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable.

6 A man will seize his brother within his father’s house: “You have a cloak—you be our leader! Take charge of this heap of rubble.”

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

1 Kings 3:7

And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in.

1 Kings 3:8

Your servant is here among the people You have chosen, a people too numerous to count or number.

1 Kings 3:9

Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”

2 Chronicles 33:1

Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years.

2 Chronicles 34:1

Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.

2 Chronicles 36:2

Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.

2 Chronicles 36:5

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

2 Chronicles 36:9

Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 36:11

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years.

Ecclesiastes 10:16

Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.