以賽亞書 3:1-4 RCUVTS

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 3:1

For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts ,.... These titles of Jehovah, expressive of power and authority, are used to show that he is able to execute what he threatens to do; and the word "behold" is prefixed, to excite attention to what is about to be said: doth take away from Jerusalem, and from Judea ; the present tense is used for the future, because of the certainty of what would be done to the Jews, both in city and country; for as in the preceding chapter Isaiah 2:1 it is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 3:2

The mighty man, and man of war ,.... The meaning is either that these should die in war, as thousands of them did; or that men fit to be generals of armies should be removed by death before this time, so that they should have none to go out with their armies, and meet the enemy: the judge and the prophet ; there should be none to sit upon the bench, and administer justice to the people in civil affairs, and to determine causes relating to life and death; and none to instruct them in... read more

John Gill

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

The captain of fifty ,.... A semi-centurion, such an one as in 2 Kings 1:9 . So far should there be from being captains of thousands, and of hundreds, that there should not be one of fifty: and the honourable man ; by birth, breeding, and behaviour, through riches and greatness; and one of power and authority among the people, and in their favour and esteem: and the counsellor ; one able to give advice in matters of moment and difficulty, and in controversy between man and man; it... 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 3:1

The stay and the staff "Every stay and support" - Hebrew, "the support masculine, and the support feminine:" that is, every kind of support, whether great or small, strong or weak. "Al Kanitz, wal-kanitzah; the wild beasts, male and female. Proverbially applied both to fishing and hunting: i.e., I seized the prey, great or little, good or bad. From hence, as Schultens observes, is explained Isaiah 3:1 , literally, the male and female stay: i.e., the strong and weak, the great and small." -... 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 3:1

The Lord, the Lord of hosts (see note on Isaiah 1:24 ). The stay and the staff ; rather, stay and staff . Neither word has the article. The latter is the feminine form of the former; and the intention is to announce that all support of every kind is about to be withdrawn. The whole stay of bread … of water. Mr. Cheyne agrees with Hitzig and Knobel that this clause is probably a gloss on the text, subsequently introduced into it, and a gloss which (lid not proceed from a very... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 3:1

The mission of famines. The words " stay and staff " are by the prophet referred to the two necessaries of life, bread and water. The judgments of God, in the older time, often came in the form of famine and drought; famine as the result of the drought. It was necessary, and it still is necessary, that men should be made to feel their entire dependence upon God for little things as well as great, for common everyday necessities as well as for special days' gifts and mercies. The... 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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 3:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 3:2

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

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 3:1

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 3:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 3:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 3:1-7

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