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Isaiah 3:4

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And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
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  1. Ecclesiastes 10:16Rank 1 from verse 4
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    16¶ Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

  2. 1 Kings 3:7–9Rank 2 from verse 4
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    7And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.

    8And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

    9Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

  3. 2 Chronicles 33:1Rank 3 from verse 4
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    1MANASSEH was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:

  4. 2 Chronicles 36:5Rank 4 from verse 4
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    5¶ Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God.

  5. 2 Chronicles 36:9Rank 5 from verse 4
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    9¶ Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.

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Isaiah 3:4

COMBINED MEANING

children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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rule

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Sense 1: To govern, lead, direct, control, or exercise authority. Sense 2: A standard, principle, prescribed order, measuring line, boundary, or allotted sphere.

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3:3The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counseller, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.

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

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3:5And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.

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