Isaiah 3:12
As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people, those who lead you cause you to err, and destroy the way of your paths.This verse in the real world
In what words
- אָשַׁרʼâsharto be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy); figurativ
- עָלַלʻâlalto effect thoroughly; specifically, to glean (also figuratively); by implication (in a bad
- נָגַשׂnâgasto drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrann
- בָּלַעbâlaʻto make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy
- תָּעָהtâʻâhto vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
- מָשַׁלmâshalto rule
- דֶּרֶךְdereka road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
- אִשָּׁהʼishshâha woman
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Isa 3:4, Nam 3:13, Isa 28:14–15, 2Ki 11:1, Isa 9:15–16, Jer 5:31, Num 6:23–27, Mat 15:14