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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 3:1-8

The prophet, in the close of the foregoing chapter, had given a necessary caution to all not to put confidence in man, or any creature; he had also given a general reason for that caution, taken from the frailty of human life and the vanity and weakness of human powers. Here he gives a particular reason for it?God was now about to ruin all their creature-confidences, so that they should meet with nothing but disappointments in all their expectations from them (Isa. 3:1): The stay and the staff... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 3:4

And I will give children to be their princes ,.... Either in age, or in understanding, who are really so, or act like such; and in either sense, when this is the case, it is an unhappiness to a nation, Ecclesiastes 10:16 , and babes shall rule over them ; which is the same as before. The Targum is, "the weak shall rule over them;' such who are weak in their intellectuals, or are of mean pusillanimous spirits, "effeminate", as the Vulgate Latin version renders it; and so as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 3:5

And the people shall be oppressed, everyone by another, and everyone by his neighbour ,.... There being no governors, or such as were unfit for government, no decorum was kept and observed, but a mere anarchy; and so everyone did as he pleased, as when there was no king in Israel; and everyone rushed into the house of his neighbour, and plundered his goods; this was the case of Jerusalem, at the time of the siege, it abounding with robbers and spoilers: the child shall behave himself... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 3:6

When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father ,.... One of the same country, kindred, and family; for only one of their brethren, and not a stranger, might rule over them, Deuteronomy 17:15 this taking hold of him may design not so much a literal taking hold of his person, his hand or garment, much less using any forcible measures with him; though indeed the Jews would have took Christ by force, who was one of their brethren, and would have made him a temporal king,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 3:7

In that day shall he swear ,.... Or "lift up", that is, his hand F5 ישא "attollet manum", Piscator. , which was a gesture used in swearing, and therefore is so rendered; the meaning is, that he shall at once immediately give an answer, and for the solemn confirmation of it shall say an oath with it, saying, I will not be a healer , or "a binder"; that is, of wounds, of political wounds, made in the nation, and which were incurable. See Isaiah 1:6 for the meaning is, that he... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 3:4

I will give children to be their princes "I will make boys their princes" - This also was fully accomplished in the succession of weak and wicked princes, from the death of Josiah to the destruction of the city and temple, and the taking of Zedekiah, the last of them, by Nebuchadnezzar. Babes shall rule over them - Dymennysche men schul lordschopen to hem . - Old MS. Bible. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 3:6

Of the house of his father "Of his father's house" - For בית beith , the house, the ancient interpreters seem to have read מבית mibbeith , from the house; του οικειου του πατρος αυτου , Septuagint; domesticum patris sui, Vulgate; which gives no good sense. But the Septuagint MS. 1. D. 2: for οικειου has οικου . And, his brother, of his father's house, is little better than a tautology. The case seems to require that the man should apply to a person of some sort of rank and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 3:7

In that day shall he swear "Then shall he openly declare" - The Septuagint, Syriac, and Jerome, read וישא veyissa , adding the conjunction, which seems necessary in this place. I will not be a healer - I am noy a leche. - Old MS. Bible. Leech was the ancient English word for a physician. For in my house is neither bread nor clothing "For in my house is neither bread nor raiment" - "It is customary through all the East," says Sir J. Chardin, "to gather together an immense quantity... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 3:1-7

GOD 'S JUDGMENT UPON JERUSALEM . The general denunciations against Israel of the two preceding chapters are here turned especially against Jerusalem. God will deprive her of all her superior and more honorable classes ( Isaiah 3:1-3 ); and will give her "children" for her rulers ( Isaiah 3:4 ). There will be continued oppression, and the rise of an insolent and undutiful spirit ( Isaiah 3:5 ). Those fit to bear rule will refuse to do so ( Isaiah 3:6 , Isaiah 3:7 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 3:1-7

Many steps in the decay of states. Ruin does not often come on states at once, even when God has determined on it. There are many steps in the fall of a great nation. I. CESSATION OF A SUCCESSION OF GREAT AND WISE MEN . ( Isaiah 3:2 , Isaiah 3:3 .) One of the first marks of decay is a falling off in this succession. When the intervals between one great man and another lengthen; when wise men, capable of giving the state good counsel, grow rare; when mediocrity... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 3:1-8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 3:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 3:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 3:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 3:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 3:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 3:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 3:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 3:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 3:1-7

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