Isaiah 3:12
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
עָרִיץ
ʻârîyts
fearful, i.e. powerful or tyrannical
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
נָחָה
nâchâh
to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)
תָּעָה
tâʻâh
to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
שָׁחַת
shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
אֹרַח
ʼôrach
a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan
Key Terms in This Verse
תָּעָה tâʻâh
to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
Study H8582 →אֹרַח ʼôrach
a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan
Study H734 →נָחָה nâchâh
to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)
Study H5148 →שָׁחַת shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
Study H7843 →דֶּרֶךְ derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Study H1870 →בֵּן bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Study H1121 →Cross References
And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.
And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
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