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Isaiah 3:12 - Rule

Isaiah 3:12 - 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.

Verse	Strongs No.	Hebrew	Strongs Definition
As for my people	H5971	עַם	[Noun Masculine] a people (as a congregated unit); specifically a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively a flock
children	H5768	עוֹלֵל	[Noun Masculine] a suckling
are their oppressors	H5065	נָגַשׂ	[Verb] to drive (an {animal} a {workman} a {debtor} an army); by implication to {tax} {harass } tyrannize
and women	H802	אִשָּׁה	[Noun Feminine] the second form is an irregular plural; a woman (used in the same wide sense as H582).
rule	H4910	מָשַׁל	[Verb] to rule
over them O my people	H5971	עַם	[Noun Masculine] a people (as a congregated unit); specifically a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively a flock
they which lead	H833	אָשַׁר	[Verb] to be straight (used in the widest {sense} especially to be {level} right: happy); figuratively to go {forward} be {honest} prosper
thee cause thee to err	H8582	תָּעָה	[Verb] to {vacillate} that {is} reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causatively of both
and destroy	H1104	בָּלַע	[Verb] to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally to destroy
the way	H1870	דֶּרֶךְ	[Noun Masculine] a road (as trodden); figuratively a course of life or mode of {action} often adverbially
of thy paths	H734	אֹרַח	[Noun Masculine] a well trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.