7But in that day he will cry out, "I have no remedy. I have no food or clothing in my house; do not make me the leader of the people."


In Context

4 I will make boys their officials; mere children will govern them.

5 People will oppress each other- man against man, neighbor against neighbor. The young will rise up against the old, the base against the honorable.

6 A man will seize one of his brothers at his father's home, and say, "You have a cloak, you be our leader; take charge of this heap of ruins!"

7 But in that day he will cry out, "I have no remedy. I have no food or clothing in my house; do not make me the leader of the people."

8 Jerusalem staggers, Judah is falling; their words and deeds are against the Lord , defying his glorious presence.

9 The look on their faces testifies against them; they parade their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! They have brought disaster upon themselves.

Isaiah 3:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:7In 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:7In that day he shall answer, saying: I am no healer, and in my house there is no bread, nor clothing: make me not ruler of the people.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:7in that day shall he lift up his voice , saying, I will not be a healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: ye shall not make me ruler of the people.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:7he will lift up his hand in that day, saying, I cannot be a healer, and in my house there is neither bread nor clothing; ye shall not make me a chief of the people.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:7in that day shall he lift up his voice, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: ye shall not make me ruler of the people.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:7In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be a healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:7In that day he will cry out, saying, |I will not be a healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing. You shall not make me ruler of the people.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:7He lifteth up, in that day, saying: 'I am not a binder up, And in my house is neither bread nor garment, Ye do not make me a ruler of the people.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:7In 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.