Isaiah 3:5
And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable. And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
Isaiah 3:5 portrays a breakdown of order within Judah in which mutual oppression replaced justice, with neighbor pressing against neighbor in a society turned against itself. The young carried themselves with arrogance toward the aged, overturning the respect due to elders, while persons of low character treated the honorable with contempt. This inversion of proper relationships marked a people whose social bonds had collapsed into pride and insolence.
That condition arose from corruption among those who governed, whose wickedness spread disorder downward through the nation. The verse stands within a divine warning that persistent rebellion against God by both rulers and people would deprive Judah of wise and stable leadership. Loss of sound guidance and national steadiness was therefore presented as the appointed result of turning away from God.