THEOSISNikolaj Velimirovic
Childish folly and womanish whims should not rule either a man or a people. It is necessary to hold firmly to the law that God has ordained for men, just as all other creatures keep the law that He has written for them.
Isaiah 3:12Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
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.
עַמִּי֙ נֹגְשָׂ֣יו מְעוֹלֵ֔ל וְנָשִׁ֖ים מָ֣שְׁלוּ ב֑וֹ עַמִּי֙ מְאַשְּׁרֶ֣יךָ מַתְעִ֔ים וְדֶ֥רֶךְ אֹֽרְחֹתֶ֖יךָ בִּלֵּֽעוּ׃
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Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Isa 3:4And I will give children to be their princes, and the effeminate shall rule over them.
- Nah 3:13Behold thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open to thy enemies, the fire shall devour thy bars.
- Isa 28:14Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, who rule over my people that is in Jerusalem.
- Isa 28:15For you have said: We have entered into a league with death, and we have made a covenant with hell. When the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come upon us: for we have placed our hope in lies, and by falsehood we are protected.
- Matt 15:14Let them alone: they are blind, and leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both fall into the pit.
- Isa 9:15The aged and honourable, he is the head: and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
- Isa 9:16And they that call this people blessed, shall cause them to err: and they that are called blessed, shall be thrown down, headlong.
- Jer 5:31The prophets prophesied falsehood, and the priests clapped their hands: and my people loved such things: what then shall be done in the end thereof?