Isaiah 3:12–13
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12“Skinny kids terrorize my people.
Silly girls bully them around.
My dear people! Your leaders are taking you down a blind alley.
They’re sending you off on a wild-goose chase.”
A City Brought to Her Knees by Her Sorrows
13–15God enters the courtroom.
He takes his place at the bench to judge his people.
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
My people—infants are their oppressors,
and women rule over them.
O my people, your guides mislead you
and they have swallowed up the course of your paths.
The Lord has taken his place to contend;
he stands to judge peoples.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
Youths oppress my people,
women rule over them.
My people, your guides lead you astray;
they turn you from the path.
The Lord takes his place in court;
he rises to judge the people.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Youths oppress my people,
and women rule over them.
My people, your leaders mislead you;
they confuse the direction of your paths.
The Lord rises to argue the case
and stands to judge the people.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
Childish leaders oppress my people,
and women rule over them.
O my people, your leaders mislead you;
they send you down the wrong road.
The Lord takes his place in court
and presents his case against his people!
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
My people—children are their oppressors,
and women rule over them.
My people, your leaders are misleading you,
and they confuse the course of your paths.
Yahweh takes his stand to conduct a legal case
and takes his stand to judge the peoples.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
As for my people, children are their oppressors,
And women rule over them.
O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err,
And destroy the way of thy paths.
The Lord standeth up to plead,
And standeth to judge the people.
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