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Isaiah 3:8

For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

For Jerusalem is ruined - reason given by the prophet why all shrink from the government.

Because their tongue and their doings (are) against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of his glory - to provoke His "glorious" Majesty before His "eyes" (cf. Isaiah 49:5, which are "purer than to behold evil;" Habakkuk 1:13). The Syriac, and Lowth by a slight change of the Hebrew [ `aanaan (H6051), for `eeneey (H5869 ], translate, 'the cloud of His glory,' the Shechinah.

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See also Isaiah 3:8 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 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 neces...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    FOR JERUSALEM ... - The prophet proceeds to show the cause of this state of things. ‘These are the words of the prophet, and not of him who was chosen leader.’ - “Jerome.” IS RUINED - It would be so...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 3 Judgments upon the Rulers and the Daughters Of Zion 1. _The judgment against the rulers (Isaiah 3:1)_ 2. _Jerusalem's sad condition (Isaiah 3:8)_ 3. _Jehovah's message (Isaiah 3:10)_ 4. The...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JUDAH TO BE PUNISHED WITH ANARCHY. The date is uncertain. That it was early in the reign of Ahaz is a dubious inference from Isaiah 3:12. The pillars of society will be removed, and control will thus...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    RUINED. overthrown. THE EYES OF HIS GLORY. His glorious presence, "eyes" being put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_, for the person as manifested....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    FOR JERUSALEM IS RUINED— The fourth member of the second part of this discourse begins here, which contains the justification and explanation of the divine judgment hitherto set forth, and may be thus...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER THREE 3. THE VENGEANCE UPON DECADENCE Isaiah 3:1 to Isaiah 4:1 a. THE WEALTHY TEXT: Isaiah 3:1-15 1 For, behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah s...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1. STAY AND THE STAFF] A prophecy of famine: cp. Isaiah 3:7, as the clause following explains. But if the latter clause is a gloss then 'stay and staff' would refer to the classes upon which the stabi...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Proud behaviour (verse 9) causes moral failures in words and deeds. Such failures must affect both personal life and national life. That is God’s law. GOD’S JUDGEMENT V13 As if he were standing in c...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS ISAIAH DECLARES HOW GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIVING ISAIAH CHAPTER S 1 TO 9 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 3 DESPAIR IN *JERUSALEM V1 See what the *Lord (commander of...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    FOR JERUSALEM IS RUINED... — The outward evils of the kingdom are traced to their true source. _Men_ have provoked, in the prophet’s bold anthropomorphic language, “the _eyes_ of His glory,” the manif...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּ֤י כָשְׁלָה֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וִ יהוּדָ֖ה נָפָ֑ל...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER II THE THREE JERUSALEMS 740-735 B.C. Isaiah 2:1; Isaiah 3:1; Isaiah 4:1 AFTER the general introduction, in chapter 1, to the prophecies of Isaiah, there comes another portion of the book, o...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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 compelle...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The prophet now deals with judgment in greater detail, and shows how it will proceed against the rulers and against the women. The judgment in the case of the rulers is to be the destruction of true g...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _For. The prophet tells what will happen. (Menochius) --- And their. Septuagint, "are sinful, disbelieving what regards the Lord. Wherefore now their glory is brought low." (Haydock) --- They must hav...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The prophet plainly shows by these verses, that the sin is universal. All ranks and all orders of the people are involved in the same sin, and consequently the same punishment. It is a melancholy stat...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    8._For Jerusalem is ruined. _Lest it should be thought that God is excessively cruel, when he punishes his people with such severity, the Prophet here explains briefly the reason of the calamity; as i...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 2, 3, AND 4. Thus re-established, Zion, the mountain of Jehovah, will be the centre of blessing and peace to all the nations (Isaiah 2:1-4). This puts the inv...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    FOR JERUSALEM IS RUINED, AND JUDAH IS FALLEN, e.] 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 recoveri...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings [are] against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory. Ver. 8. _For Jerusalem is fallen._] Therefore I will not...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A man shall take hold of his brother_ Of his relation, friend, or neighbour. To take hold of another implies entreating his assistance; see Isaiah 4:1; Zechariah 8:23; _saying, Thou hast clothing_ We...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    GOD'S THREAT OF PUNISHMENT...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen, outward and inward decay is evident, BECAUSE THEIR TONGUE AND THEIR DOINGS ARE AGAINST THE LORD, their apostasy and blasphemy have reached the limit, TO P...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-9 God was about to deprive Judah of every stay and support. The city and the land were to be made desolate, because their words and works had been rebellious against the Lord; even at his holy temp...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Of his glorious majesty, whom they ought to reverence and adore....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 3:8 Jerusalem H3389 stumbled H3782 (H8804) Judah H3063 fallen H5307 (H8804) tongue H3956 doings...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ALL THAT JERUSALEM/JUDAH DEPEND ON IS TO BE TAKEN AWAY SO THAT SOCIETY WILL DISINTEGRATE TOWARDS EVEN MORE EVIL (ISAIAH 3:1 A). Having covered world judgment Isaiah now brings it home to the local sit...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The coming desolations of Jerusalem because of sin and the judgment of sinners. CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah. CONCLUSION: Whatever evil befalls sinners, it is of their own procuring. Those who...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 3:1. _Behold, the Lord doth take away from Jerusalem the whole stay of bread._ This threatening is understood of the Chaldean invasion in the reign of Jechoniah, and after the death of king Jos...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _For Jerusalem is ruined_ “JERUSALEM IS RUINED!”--FORFEITED PRIVILEGE What a verse is the eighth! We cannot even now read it without quailing under the awful representation--“For Jerusalem is ruined...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _I will give children to be their princes_ PUERILE GOVERNMENT Probably an abstract term used for a concrete--puerilities or childishnesses for childish persons_._ (_J. A. Alexander._) JUVENILE GOV...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 3:8 FOR... BECAUSE. The nation’s social collapse has resulted from their hostility toward God. DEFYING HIS GLORIOUS PRESENCE. They stubbornly disregard God’s presence ...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ISAIAH 3:1 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 h...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    For, behold, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water, the mighty men, and the man of war, the judge...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 10:22; 2 Chronicles 28:18; 2 Chronicles 28:5; 2 Chronicles 33:11;...

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