Isaiah 3:24

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 3:24

sweet smell = perfume. stink = rottenness, or stench. rent = a rope, well set hair = richly plaited hair. stomacher = sash or girdle, often worked in silk and gold. Still worn in Palestine. girding of sackcloth = girding with a rope. burning = branding. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 3:24

"And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet spices there shall be rottenness; instead of girdle, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a robe, a girding of sackcloth; branding instead of beauty. Thy men shall fall by the sword, and the mighty in the war. And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate and sit upon the ground."The last verse here is a tragic prophecy indeed, fulfilled to the letter in Israel's subsequent history. Following the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 3:18-24

Isaiah 3:18-24. In that day the Lord will take away, &c.— In that day will the Lord take from them the ornaments, of the feet-rings, and the net-works, and the crescents; the pendents, and the bracelets, and the thin veils; the tires, and the setters, and the zones, and the perfume-boxes, and the amulets; the rings, and the jewels of the nostril; the embroidered robes, and the tunics; and the cloaks, and the little purses; the transparent garments, and the fine linen vests; and the turbans,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 3:24

24. stink—arising from ulcers (Zechariah 14:12). girdle—to gird up the loose Eastern garments, when the person walked. rent—the Septuagint, better, a "rope," an emblem of poverty; the poor have nothing else to gird up their clothes with. well-set hair— (1 Peter 3:3; 1 Peter 3:4). baldness— (1 Peter 3:4- :). stomacher—a broad plaited girdle. sackcloth— (1 Peter 3:4- :). burning—a sunburnt countenance, owing to their hoods and veils being stripped off, while they had to work as captives under a... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 3:24

Disgrace would result from trusting self rather than God. These five exchanges and more took place when God humbled Israel in exile. They all represent the results of divine judgment for self-exaltation. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 3:1-26

1. Stay and the staff] A prophecy of famine: cp. Isaiah 3:7, as the clause following explains. But if the latter clause is a gloss then ’stay and staff’ would refer to the classes upon which the stability of the life of the community depends. ’Staff’ in the Heb. is the fern, form of ’stay.’2. The prudent] RV ’the diviner,’ at this time in high estimation (Isaiah 2:6). The ancient] RM ’the elder,’ who held offices in villages and towns (Ruth 4:2, Ruth 4:4; 2 Kings 10:1). 3. Artificer] cp.... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 3:24

(24) And it shall come to pass.—Now comes the terrible contrast of the day of destruction that is coming on all this refined luxury. Instead of the balmy perfume of the scent-bottles, there shall be the stench of squalor and pestilence; instead of the embroidered girdle (Isaiah 11:5), not a “rent,” but the rope by which they would be dragged in the march of their conquerors; instead of the plaited hair (1 Peter 3:3; 1 Timothy 2:9), natural or artificial, the baldness of those who were cropped... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 3:1-26

CHAPTER IITHE THREE JERUSALEMS740-735 B.C.Isaiah 2:1-22; Isaiah 3:1-26; Isaiah 4:1-6AFTER the general introduction, in chapter 1, to the prophecies of Isaiah, there comes another portion of the book, of greater length, but nearly as distinct as the first. It covers four chapters, the second to the sixth, all of them dating from the same earliest period of Isaiah’s ministry, before 735 B.C. They deal with exactly the same subjects, but they differ greatly inform. One section (chapters 2-4.)... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Isaiah 3:1-26

CHAPTER 3 Judgments upon the Rulers and the Daughters Of Zion 1. The judgment against the rulers (Isaiah 3:1-7 ) 2. Jerusalem’s sad condition (Isaiah 3:8-9 ) 3. Jehovah’s message (Isaiah 3:10-15 ) 4. The worldliness of the daughters of Zion (Isaiah 3:16-23 ) 5. Their humiliation in judgment (Isaiah 3:24-26 ; Isaiah 4:1 ) This chapter describes the corrupt conditions among the professing people of God in Isaiah’s day. A similar corruption and worldliness prevailing in our age demands... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Isaiah 3:1-26

GENERAL DISCOURSES The first five chapters of Isaiah form a natural division, to which, for want of a better title, we give that of General Discourses, or messages. The first is limited to chapter 1, the second covers chapters 2-4, and the third chapter 5. But first notice the introduction, Isaiah 1:1 . By what word is the whole book described? What genealogy of the prophet is given? To which kingdom was he commissioned, Israel or Judah? In whose reigns did he prophesy? Examine 2 Kings,... read more