Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 3:10
3:10 {i} Say ye to the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him]: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.(i) You that are godly be assured that God will defend you in the midst of these troubles. read more
3:10 {i} Say ye to the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him]: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.(i) You that are godly be assured that God will defend you in the midst of these troubles. read more
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
Divine Judgments Isaiah 3:0 This is a chapter of judgments, and the judgments are given in detail. These judgments are said to have taken place within the gates of a city, even the city of Jerusalem. A tempest in a desert may have features of grandeur; but what of a tempest poured down with infinite fury upon the stately city, a city of palaces, temples, and treasuries of art? There the storm seems to be doubly furious and cruel. God made Jerusalem into a wilderness in the day of his wrath,... read more
How sweet and precious doth the former of these verses come in, after the preceding relation! And how bitter and alarming the latter! Reader, depend upon it, such will be the striking distinction in that day which shall come, and which shall burn as an oven, Malachi 4:1-2 . Both in public and private visitations, the people of God are secure. It must be well with the justified soul in Christ. So Paul hath said under the Holy Ghost, and so the Lord's people know. Romans 8:33-34 ; Malachi 3:17-18... read more
Well. Jeremias (xxxix. 11.) was treated by the enemy with great respect. Septuagint, "having said, let us bind the just man, for he is troublesome, (Haydock) or displeasing (Calmet) to us. Hence they," &c. (Haydock) (Wisdom ii. 12.) Many of the Fathers quote it thus. But our version agrees well with the original, as Isaias joins consoling predictions with those which are of a distressing nature. (Calmet) --- Yet the Septuagint seem to have thrown light on the Hebrew by supplying an omission... read more
10-15 The rule was certain; however there might be national prosperity or trouble, it would be well with the righteous and ill with the wicked. Blessed be God, there is abundant encouragement to the righteous to trust in him, and for sinners to repent and return to him. It was time for the Lord to show his might. He will call men to a strict account for all the wealth and power intrusted to and abused by them. If it is sinful to disregard the necessities of the poor, how odious and wicked a... read more
God's Threat of Punishment v. 1. For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, a most solemn designation of the almighty Ruler of the universe, doth take away from Jerusalem, as the capital and center, and from Judah, the entire southern kingdom, the stay and the staff, He is engaged in this act, it is a judgment which is continuing, the whole stay of bread and the whole stay of water, the heaping of synonyms indicating the seriousness of the situation and the Lord's responsibility for sending... read more
b. The judgment against the eminent things in the human sphereIsaiah 2:22 to Isaiah 4:1a. THE JUDGMENT AGAINST GODLESS MENIsaiah 2:22 to Isaiah 3:1522 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils:For wherein is he to be accounted of?1 For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts,Doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah21The stay and the staff,22The whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,2 The mighty man, and the man of war,The judge, and the prophet, and the... read more
an Exhortation to Humility and Reverence Isaiah 2:12-22 ; Isaiah 3:1-12 If men will not repent, they must suffer. If they will not voluntarily put away their idols and sorceries, they will be compelled to do so in the anguish of their disappointment with their helpless deities, Isaiah 2:20 . Nothing in that great civilization would be spared. High towers, fenced walls, ships, treasures, armor-all would perish. Their vaunted faith in man would cease. Life would become elemental in its... read more
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