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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Isaiah 3:7

in that day shall he, refusing to take this obligation upon himself, swear, saying, calling out loudly in protest, I will not be an healer, in trying to save the wreck; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing, he is just as poor and ragged as the others; make me not a ruler of the people, rather, with greater emphasis, "You shall not make me a ruler. " The entire description sets forth the disintegration, the decay, of the nations preceding the end.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 3:7. _IN THAT DAY SHALL HE SWEAR_ - "Then shall he openly declare"] The _Septuagint, Syriac_, and _Jerome_, read וישא _veyissa_, adding the conjunction, which seems necessary in this plac...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    IN THAT DAY SHALL HE SWEAR - Hebrew, ישׁא _yı̂shā'_ ‘Shall he lift up’ - that is, the voice, or the hand. To lift up the hand was one of the modes of taking an oath. Perhaps it means only that he sho...

  • 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

    SWEAR. Hebrew "lift up [the hand]": i.e. swear. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 14:22.Exodus 6:8; Numbers 14:30; Deuteronomy 32:40). App-92.

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    WHEN A MAN, &C.— In these verses the description of the confused state of the nation, mentioned in the fifth verse, is continued under an elegant figure, whereby the government, which otherwise is anx...

  • 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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people. IN THAT DAY SHALL HE SWEAR - literally, lift up; name...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    3:7 healer, (h-15) Lit. 'a binder up.'...

  • 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

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    True religion will produce a true society (see Isaiah 2:1-5). But Isaiah saw that actual affairs in *Jerusalem were the opposite. • God’s judgement often happens by means of society’s circumstances....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    WHEN A MAN SHALL TAKE HOLD OF HIS BROTHER... — Disorder was followed by destitution. The elder brother, the impoverished owner of the ruined dwelling, the head of a family or village, turns in his rag...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    יִשָּׂא֩ בַ † יֹּ֨ום הַ ה֤וּא ׀ לֵ...

  • 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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    In that day shall he (g) swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house [is] neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people. (g) Fear will cause him to forswear himself, rathe...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Clothing. The indigent were excluded from dignities, for fear lest they should seek to enrich themselves by unjustifiable means, Exodus xviii. 22. (Plut.[Plutarch?] in Sol.) (Pliny, [Natural History?...

  • 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

    7._In that day shall he swear. _The word _swear _expresses an absolute and vehement refusal; for frequently he who at first excuses himself, or declares that he will not do it, at length yields to ent...

  • 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

    IN THAT DAY SHALL HE SWEAR,.... Or "lift up", that is, his hand e, which was a gesture used in swearing, and therefore is so rendered; the meaning is, that he shall at once immediately give an answer,...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house [is] neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people. Ver. 7. _In that day shall he swear, saying._] It is c...

  • 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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    SHALL HE SWEAR: _ Heb._ lift up the hand HEALER: _ Heb._ binder up...

  • 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

    HE SHALL SWEAR, Heb. _he shall lift up_; understand either, 1. His voice; he shall cry aloud, to show his earnestness in refusing the offer; or, 2. His hand, which was the usual gesture in swearing,...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 3:7 day H3117 protest H5375 (H8799) saying H559 (H8800) cure H2280 (H8802) house H1004 food...

  • 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

    _A man shall take hold of his brother_ SEEKING TO TRANSFER RULERSHIP Here we have the law of primogeniture. By the law of the State it was right that the eldest son should take a certain definite an...

  • 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 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

    Deuteronomy 32:40; Genesis 14:22; Hosea 5:13; Hosea 6:1; Isaiah 58:12;

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    An healer — A repairer of the ruins of the state....

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