Isaiah 3:4
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And I will give children to be their princes, and the effeminate shall rule over them.

children

1 Kings 3:7-9 And now, O Lord God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David, my father: and I am but a child, and know not how to go out and come in; . . .

2 Chronicles 33:1 Manasses was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 34:1 Josias was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one and thirty years in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:2,5,9,11 Joachaz was three and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. . . .

Ecclesiastes 10:16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and when the princes eat in the morning.

Context
A Judgment Against Judah
3The captain over fifty, and the honourable in countenance, and the counsellor, and the architect, and the skilful in eloquent speech. 4And I will give children to be their princes, and the effeminate shall rule over them.5And the people shall rush one upon another, and every man against his neighbour: the child shall make a tumult against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.…
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 10:16
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and when the princes eat in the morning.

Isaiah 3:3
The captain over fifty, and the honourable in countenance, and the counsellor, and the architect, and the skilful in eloquent speech.

Isaiah 3:12
As for my people, their oppressors have stripped them, and women have ruled over them. O my people, they that call thee blessed, the same deceive thee, and destroy the way of thy steps.

Isaiah 3:16
And the Lord said: Because the daughters of Sion are haughty, and have walked with stretched out necks, and wanton glances of their eyes, and made a noise as they walked with their feet and moved in a set pace:

Jeremiah 52:3
For the wrath of the Lord was against Jerusalem, and against Juda, till he cast them out from his presence: and Sedecias revolted from the king of Babylon.

Lexicon
“I will make
וְנָתַתִּ֥י (wə·nā·ṯat·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

mere lads
נְעָרִ֖ים (nə·‘ā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5288: A boy, lad, youth, retainer

their leaders,
שָׂרֵיהֶ֑ם (śā·rê·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince

and children
וְתַעֲלוּלִ֖ים (wə·ṯa·‘ă·lū·lîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8586: Caprice, vexation, a tyrant

will rule
יִמְשְׁלוּ־ (yim·šə·lū-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4910: To rule, have dominion, reign

over them.”
בָֽם׃ (ḇām)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew


Additional Translations
“I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.”And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

And I will make youths their princes, and mockers shall have dominion over them.

And I will appoint youths as their princes, and children shall rule over them.

And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

I will give boys to be their princes, and children shall rule over them.

And I have made youths their heads, And sucklings rule over them.
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