CHAPTER 3 (TO ISAIAH 4:1) THE COMING FATE OF JUDAH AND JERUSALEM. This passage splits up into two, Isaiah 3:1 and Isaiah 3:16 to Isaiah 4:1. The first deals with Yahweh's judgment on the men, the second with His judgment on the women. The first passage (Isaiah 3:1) can be analysed as follows: a F... [ Continue Reading ]
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 situation. He points out that things are about to go from bad to worse in Judah and Jerusalem even in... [ Continue Reading ]
WHAT MEN SOW THEY WILL REAP - A WISDOM SONG (ISAIAH 3:9). Isaiah 3:9 ‘Woe to them themselves, For they have rewarded themselves with evil. Say of the righteous that it is well, For they will eat the fruit of their doings. Woe to the wicked for it is ill, For the reward of his hands will be do... [ Continue Reading ]
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 right cause you to err, And swallow up the way of your paths. Yahweh stands up to plead, And stan... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FAILURE OF THEIR WIVES (ISAIAH 3:16 TO ISAIAH 4:1). Having described what will come on the men God now turns to the women, for they are no better. These verses can be analysed as follows: a Moreover Yahweh said, “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and... [ Continue Reading ]
BECAUSE OF THEIR VANITY, AND THE BEHAVIOUR THAT IT RESULTS IN THE WOMEN WILL LOSE THEIR TREASURED POSSESSIONS (ISAIAH 3:16). Isaiah 3:16 ‘Moreover Yahweh said, “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, And walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, Walking and mincing as they go, And maki... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY WILL ALSO LOSE THEIR MENFOLK (ISAIAH 3:25 TO ISAIAH 4:1). These women will also lose their menfolk in the troubles that are coming, so that they will have no one to protect them and provide them with their luxuries. How different things would have seemed if they had only trusted in Yahweh. Is... [ Continue Reading ]