Cross references

Isaiah 3:12

Youths oppress My people,

and women rule over them.

O My people, your guides mislead you;

they turn you from your paths.

Isaiah 3:12 BSB

Isaiah 3:12 has 9 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 3:4 (10 votes) and Nahum 3:13 (6 votes). 16 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Leviticus 25 to James 5.

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Which verses does Isaiah 3:12 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Isaiah 3:410 votes

    “I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.”

  2. Nahum 3:136 votes

    Look at your troops—they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars.

  3. When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs.

  4. Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem. For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”

  5. “Tell Aaron and his sons: This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them: ‘May the LORD bless you and keep you; …

  6. The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies. For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up.

  7. The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?

  8. Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”

  9. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.

Which verses point to Isaiah 3:12?

The 10 strongest of 16.