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
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