Isaiah 3:4

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

Cross-references

Isaiah 3:12 Parallel

Isaiah 3:12 says 'children are their oppressors' — directly expanding on this judgment of child rulers within the same prophecy.

Ecclesiastes 10:16 pronounces woe when a child rules — same judgment motif as here, where child rulers are a divine curse.

1 Kings 3:7-9 shows Solomon as a young king who humbly asks for wisdom — contrasting with Isaiah's judgment of boy rulers who bring chaos.

2 Chronicles 33:1 notes Manasseh became king at age 12 — a boy ruler whose wicked reign fulfilled the judgment prophecy of Isaiah 3:4.

2 Chronicles 34:1 shows Josiah became king at age 8 but ruled righteously — contrasting with the negative implication of child rulers in Isaiah 3:4.

Proverbs 30:22 lists a servant reigning as one of four things that unsettle the earth — parallel to child rulers as unnatural leadership.