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Isaiah 3:5

World English Bible

The people will be oppressed,
everyone by another,
and everyone by his neighbor.
The child will behave himself proudly against the old man,
and the wicked against the honorable.

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Isaiah 3:5 in other translations

And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.

Isaiah 3:5 · American Standard Version

Isaiah 3:5 in context

  1. 3the captain of fifty,
    the honorable man,
    the counselor,
    the skilled craftsman,
    and the clever enchanter.
  2. 4I will give boys to be their princes,
    and children shall rule over them.
  3. 5The people will be oppressed,
    everyone by another,
    and everyone by his neighbor.
    The child will behave himself proudly against the old man,
    and the wicked against the honorable.
  4. 6Indeed a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying,
    “You have clothing, you be our ruler,
    and let this ruin be under your hand.”
  5. 7In that day he will cry out, saying, “I will not be a healer;
    for in my house is neither bread nor clothing.
    You shall not make me ruler of the people.”