Isaiah's Leaders

¹See now, the Lord, the LORD Almighty, is about to take from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: all supplies of food and all supplies of water, ²the hero and warrior, the judge and prophet, the soothsayer and elder, ³the captain of fifty and man of rank, the counselor, skilled craftsman and clever enchanter. ⁴I will make boys their officials; mere children will govern them. (Isaiah 3:1-4 NIV)

¹_FEFor Yahvah, sovereign of hosts, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread and the whole stay of water ²and the mighty man and the man of war and the judge and the prophet and the diviner and the elder ³and the head of 50 and the honorable man and the counsellor and the skilled craftsman and the expert counsellor.

⁴I will appoint young men to be their princes and mockers will rule over them. (Isaiah 3:1-4 BRB)

¹For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water, ²The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, ³The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.the honourable…: Heb. a man eminent in countenanceeloquent…: or, skilful of speech ⁴And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. (Isaiah 3:1-4 KJV)