Isa 3:4
And I will give children {to be} their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
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Woe to thee, O land, when thy king {is} a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
Jehoiakim {was} twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did {that which was} evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
Manasseh {was} twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:
Jehoiachin {was} eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did {that which was} evil in the sight of the LORD.
And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I {am but} a little child: I know not {how} to go out or come in.
Josiah {was} eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
Zedekiah {was} one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
Jehoahaz {was} twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
{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. {lead...: or, call thee blessed} {destroy: Heb. swallow up}
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king {is} a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
Manasseh {was} twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:
And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.
{There is} none to guide her among all the sons {whom} she hath brought forth; neither {is there any} that taketh her by the hand of all the sons {that} she hath brought up.
Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.
Josiah {was} eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.