For the leaders of the people have misled them. They have led them down the path of destruction.
Parallel translations
- WEB For those who lead this people lead them astray; and those who are led by them are destroyed.
- KJV For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
- BSB For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up.
- NKJV For the leaders of this people cause them to err, And those who are led by them are destroyed.
- NASB For those who guide this people are leading them astray; And those who are guided by them are confused.
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Quick answer
Corrupt leaders mislead the people, and the misled are swept into destruction.
Overview
When those who guide the nation lead them astray, the whole people are ruined. Both deceiving leaders and deceived followers come to disaster. The verse warns of the grave consequences of false leadership and of blindly following it rather than God's word.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Matt 15:14Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
- Isa 3:12As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people, those who lead you cause you to err, and destroy the way of your paths.
- Matt 23:16–36“Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.’
- 2 Chr 30:27Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people. Their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, even to heaven.
- Num 6:23–26“Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, ‘This is how you shall bless the children of Israel.’ You shall tell them,
- Heb 7:7But without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater.
- 1 Kgs 8:55–56He stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
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Isaiah sees him most clearly: the virgin's son Immanuel, the child on David's throne, the shoot from Jesse, the light to the nations, and above all the Suffering Servant pierced for our transgressions (ch. 53).
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