Isaiah 3:8-13 NIV

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 3:9-15

Here God proceeds in his controversy with his people. Observe, I. The ground of his controversy. It was for sin that God contended with them; if they vex themselves, let them look a little further and they will see that they must thank themselves: Woe unto their souls! For they have rewarded evil unto themselves. Alas for their souls! (so it may be read, in a way of lamentation), for they have procured evil to themselves, Isa. 3:9. Note, The condition of sinners is woeful and very deplorable.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 3:8

For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen , This is a reason given why the government of them is refused; they were fallen into such a ruinous condition, that there was no probability of recovering them. And the reason of this their fall and ruin is, because their tongue and their doings are against the Lord ; against the Lord Jesus Christ, whom they reproached and vilified as an impostor, a blasphemer, and a seditious person; and whom they spit upon, buffeted, scourged, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 3:9

The shew of their countenance doth witness against them ,.... The word translated "shew" is only used in this place. Some derive it from נכר , "to know", in the conjugations Piel and Hiphil; and render it, "the knowledge of their countenance" F6 הכרת פניהים "cognitio vultus eorum", Munster, Vatablus, V. L. ; that is, that which may be known by their countenances; the countenance oftentimes shows what is in the heart, the cruel disposition of the mind, the pride and vanity of it,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 3:10

Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him ,.... The Lord always has some righteous ones, in the worst of times, whom he can and does distinguish, single out, and take care of; and it is his will that they should be comforted by his prophets and ministers, who seem to be the persons to whom these words are directed, lest they should be distressed with what is said unto, and what they see is coming upon, the world, or upon a nation in general: and it will be, and is well with... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 3:11

Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him ,.... In time, and to eternity, in times of public calamity, and under all afflictions, and adverse dispensations of Providence; he has no God to go to; all that befalls him is in wrath; at death he is driven away in his wickedness; at judgment he will be bid to depart as cursed, and his portion will be in the lake of fire, with devils and damned spirits for ever. Some F12 אוי לרשע רע "vae impio malo", Munster, Vatablus; so Ben... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 3:12

As for my people, children are their oppressors ,.... Or rulers; for נוגש , in the Ethiopic language, signifies a king: or "exactors", as in Isaiah 60:17 princes are so called, because they exact tribute of their subjects, and sometimes in a tyrannical and oppressive manner, and so get the name of oppressors. The sense is the same with Isaiah 3:4 . The words may be rendered, "as for my people, everyone of their governors, is a child" F14 נגשיו מעולל "exactorum ejus quisque... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 3:13

The Lord standeth up to plead ,.... His own cause, or the cause of his son against the Jews that rejected him, and the Scribes and Pharisees that led them to an ill opinion of him: and standeth to judge the people . Both expressions show indignation and resentment; he rises up out of his place, and stands up in defence of his cause, and avenges himself on a wicked and ungrateful people: it seems to have reference to the judgments of God on the people of the Jews, the tribes of Israel. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 3:8

The eyes "The cloud" - This word appears to be of very doubtful form, from the printed editions, the MSS., and the ancient versions. The first yod in עיני eyney , which is necessary according to the common interpretation, is in many of them omitted; the two last letters are upon a rasure in two MSS. I think it should be ענן anan , "a cloud," as the Syriac reads; and the allusion is to the cloud in in which the glory of the Lord appeared above the tabernacle; see Exodus 16:9 , ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 3:9

The show of their countenance - Bishop Lowth has it the steadfastness of their countenance - they appear to be bent on iniquity, their eyes tell the wickedness of their hearts. The eye is the index of the mind. Envy, hatred, malice, malevolence, concupiscence, and murder, when in the heart, look most intelligently out at the eye. They tell the innocent to be on their guard; and serve the same purpose as the sonorous rings in the tail of the rattlesnake - they announce the presence of the... read more

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 3:9-15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 3:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 3:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 3:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 3:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 3:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 3:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 3:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 3:9

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