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E.W. Bullinger

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

honourable man = eminent or highly respected man. cunning artificer = skilled in arts. eloquent orator = skilled in magnetism. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 3:1

This chapter carries an extensive denunciation of the apostate and hardened Israel's reprobate society, regarding that of the rulers and judges of the nation and also that of the vain and artificial women of the nation; and with all this, there is also a formal statement of the ultimate judgment against the whole nation, uttered in the present perfect tense as prophecy certain to be fulfilled."Here is a study in disintegration."[1] It is a sad picture of a society which has forsaken its moral... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 3:2

"The mighty man, and the man of war; the judge and the prophet, and the diviner and the elder; the captain of fifty and the honorable man, the counselor, and the expert artificer, and the skillful enchanter."All of these popular supports of the nation were to be taken away as a result of the divine judgment, beginning, even then, to descend upon the apostate people, and destined, finally, to result in the complete overthrow and destruction of the Jewish state, defined in the prophets as "the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 3:1

Isaiah 3:1. For behold, the Lord, &c.— The prophet had, in the preceding chapter, declared in general the terror of the day of the Lord. He now descends to a more particular explication of it. The connecting particle for, in this verse, evidently shews its connection with what has preceded. We have in this prophecy, first, a general proposition, in which God denounces that he will deprive the Jews of all protection; in this verse:—Secondly, a declaration of the particulars of this calamity,... read more

Thomas Coke

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

Isaiah 3:3. The eloquent orator— The skilful charmer, or enchanter. Le Clerc. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 3:1

1. For—continuation of :-. Lord of hosts—therefore able to do as He says. doth—present for future, so certain is the accomplishment. stay . . . staff—the same Hebrew word, the one masculine, the other feminine, an Arabic idiom for all kinds of support. What a change from the previous luxuries ( :-)! Fulfilled in the siege by Nebuchadnezzar and afterwards by Titus (Jeremiah 37:21; Jeremiah 38:9). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 3:2

2. Fulfilled ( :-). prudent—the Hebrew often means a "soothsayer" ( :-); thus it will mean, the diviners, on whom they rely, shall in that day fail. It is found in a good sense ( :-), from which passage the Jews interpret it a king; "without" whom Israel long has been ( :-). ancient—old and experienced (1 Kings 12:6-8). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

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

3. captain of fifty—not only captains of thousands, and centurions of a hundred, but even semi-centurions of fifty, shall fail. honourable—literally, "of dignified aspect." cunning—skilful. The mechanic's business will come to a standstill in the siege and subsequent desolation of the state; artisans are no mean "stay" among a nation's safeguards. eloquent orator—rather, as Vulgate, "skilled in whispering," that is, incantation (Psalms 58:5). See Psalms 58:5- :, below; and on "prudent," see on... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 3:1

"For" ties this section to the argument of Isaiah 2:6-22. "Behold" (Heb. hinneh) commonly introduces a threat in prophetic material. The multiple names of God again hint at judgment to come (cf. Isaiah 1:24; Isaiah 10:16; Isaiah 10:33; Isaiah 19:4). God was going to remove what was essential from Judah and Jerusalem. "Supply" (Heb. mash’en) and "support" (Heb. mash’ena) are masculine and feminine forms of the same word in Hebrew, meaning a staff, suggesting that every type of support will be... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 3:1-4

The folly of trusting in people 3:1-4:1This section gives particular examples of the general statements that precede it. Isaiah’s point was that depending on people will not yield the glorious destiny of Israel depicted in Isaiah 2:1-4. The prophet used imagery to make his point rather than logical argumentation. read more

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