The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 3:4
I will give children to be their princes ; rather, youths than "children." The extreme youth of the later kings of Judah at the date of their accession is very remarkable. After Hezekiah, only one was as much as twenty-five years old when he came to the throne. Jehoahaz was twenty-three ( 2 Kings 23:31 ); Amon, twenty-two ( 2 Kings 21:19 ); Zedekiah twenty-one ( 2 Kings 24:18 ); Jehoiachin, eighteen ( 2 Kings 24:8 ); Manasseh, twelve ( 2 Kings 21:1 ); and Josiah eight ( 2... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 3:1-8
National and spiritual anarchy. We have a vivid picture here of— I. NATIONAL ANARCHY . 1. Its cause is found in national rebellion against its rightful Lord. "Their tongue and their doings are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of his glory" ( Isaiah 3:8 ). Sin, both in word and deed, draws down the righteous indignation of God, and, under his just administration, the penalty of iniquity is paid. 2. Its signs are seen in: 3. Its issue . ( Isaiah 3:8 .)... read more