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Isaiah 3:2 (KJV)

“The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,”

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Isaiah 3 — surrounding verses

1

For, 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.

2

The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,

3

The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.

4

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

5

And 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.

6

When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:

7

In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.

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