The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of His people, who were supposed to be their leaders, and the princes thereof, to whose guidance He had entrusted Israel; for ye have eaten up the vineyard, crushing the Church of God; the spoil of the poor, of whom the Church largely consists, is in your houses, due to the persecution of the rulers.
Verse Isaiah 3:14. _THE VINEYARD_. - "My vineyard"] כרמי _carmi, Septuagint,_ _Chaldee, Jerome_....
WITH THE ANCIENTS ... - With the old men, the counselors. YE HAVE EATEN UP THE VINEYARD - Hebrew ‘Ye have burnt up’ - that is, you have oonsumed or destroyed it. By the vineyard is represented the Jew...
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...
YAHWEH JUDGES THE RULERS. Probably an independent oracle, presumably, though not certainly, uttered early in Isaiah's career. Yahweh has taken up the cause of the wronged, and calls elders and princes...
OF. Genitive of Relation (App-17.). taken from. POOR. oppressed. Hebrew. _'ani_....
AS FOR MY PEOPLE, &C.— In these verses the prophet describes the incapacity and weakness, the ignorance and corruption, the oppression and cruelty of the priests and rulers of the people; such as we l...
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...
The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses. THE LORD WILL ENTER INTO JUD...
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...
ANCIENTS] see Isaiah 3:2. FOR YE] the pronoun is emphatic: RV 'It is ye that have eaten up.' 16F. A protest against prevalent luxury as evidenced in the extravagant toilette of the ladies of Jerusale...
God warns the leaders in particular that he is well aware of their wicked practices. GOD WARNS WOMEN IN *JERUSALEM V16 Look at those women in *Jerusalem! They walk about so proudly. In the street t...
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...
יְהוָה֙ בְּ מִשְׁפָּ֣ט יָבֹ֔וא עִם ־זִקְנֵ֥י...
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...
VANITY AND SELFISH LUXURY CONDEMNED Isaiah 3:13-26; Isaiah 4:1-6 This paragraph opens with the majestic figure of Jehovah Himself, who arises to judge the misrulers and plead the cause of the poor. T...
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...
The LORD will enter into judgment with the (l) elders of his people, and with their princes: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor [is] in your houses. (l) Meaning that the rulers...
Reader! do not fail to observe, both indeed in this place, and through the word of God at large, that amidst all the backslidings of Israel, the Lord still keeps up the remembrance of their relationsh...
14._The Lord will enter into judgement with the ancients of his people. _Formerly he had erected for God a throne from which he might plead. Now he says that _he will enter into judgment_. How? _with...
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...
THE LORD WILL ENTER INTO JUDGMENT WITH THE ANCIENTS OF HIS PEOPLE, AND THE PRINCES THEREOF,.... Both civil and ecclesiastical; the princes, chief priests, and elders of the people, who set themselves...
The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor [is] in your houses. Ver. 14. _The Lord will enter...
_The Lord standeth up to plead_ He will shortly and certainly stand up as a judge to inquire into the cause, and to give sentence; _and standeth to judge the people_ To call the wicked into judgment,...
EATEN: Or, burnt...
10-15 The rule was certain; however there might be national prosperity or trouble, it would be well with the righteous and ill with the wicked. Blessed be God, there is abundant encouragement to the...
THE ANCIENTS; the princes or rulers, as it is explained in the next clause, who are oft called elders, because such were commonly and fitly chosen out of those who were ripe in years. EATEN UP; destro...
Isaiah 3:14 LORD H3068 enter H935 (H8799) judgment H4941 elders H2205 people H5971 princes H8269 up H1197 ...
THE FAILURE OF THE LEADERS OF THE PEOPLE (ISAIAH 3:12). Isaiah 3:12 ‘As for my people, children are their oppressors (taskmasters), And women rule over them. O my people, those who should set you...
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...
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 Lord will enter into judgment_ GOD, THE FRIEND OF THE POOR Whoever abandons the sanctuary, the poor should never go away; whoever closes the Bible, the poor man should keep it lying widely open...
_The Lord standeth up to plead_ GOD’S CONTROVERSY The management of this controversy. I. GOD HIMSELF IS THE PROSECUTOR. II. THE INDICTMENT IS PROVED BY THE NOTORIOUS EVIDENCE OF THE FACT (Isaiah 3...
THE PLEADER AND THE JUDGE Isaiah 3:13. _The Lord standeth up to plead, &c._ I. THE PLEADER WHO HERE PRESENTS HIMSELF. Note 1. HIS MAJESTY. The ancient idea of an advocate was that of a venerable per...
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...
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...
Amos 4:1; Isaiah 3:2; Isaiah 3:3; Isaiah 5:7; Jeremiah 5:27;...
Ancients — The princes or rulers; such were commonly chosen out of those who were in ripe years. Eaten — Destroyed instead of preserving the church and commonwealth of Israel. Spoil — The goods which...