The mighty man; strong and valiant men. The judge; the civil magistrates. The prophet; either strictly so called, the want of whom is matter of grief; see Psalms 74:9; or largely, so as to include all skilful and faithful teachers. The prudent; whose wisdom and conduct was necessary to preserve them from ruin. The ancient; whose wisdom was increased by long experience.
THE MIGHTY MAN - The hero, The idea expressed is not simply that of personal strength and prowess, but the higher one of military eminence or heroism. “Prof. Alexander.” This was fully accomplished in...
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...
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...
PRUDENT. diviner: i.e. the king. Compare Proverbs 16:10. ANCIENT. elder....
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 mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, THE MIGHTY MAN, AND THE MAN OF WAR - fulfilled under Nebuchadnezzar (). THE PRUDENT. The Hebrew ...
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...
THE PRUDENT] RV 'the diviner,' at this time in high estimation (Isaiah 2:6). THE ANCIENT] RM 'the elder,' who held offices in villages and towns (Ruth 4:2; Ruth 4:4; 2 King
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....
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...
THE MIGHTY MAN, AND THE MAN OF WAR. — The first word points to the aristocracy of landed proprietors, the latter to those who, whether of that class or not, had been prominent as leaders in the king’s...
גִּבֹּ֖ור וְ אִ֣ישׁ מִלְחָמָ֑ה שֹׁופֵ֥ט וְ נָ
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...
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...
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 mighty man, and the man of war, (b) the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, (b) The temporal governor and the minister....
_Prophet. Ezechiel was taken away under Jechonias. Other prophets were disregarded, and the cunning man, ( ariolus, which may be understood in a good or bad sense. Calmet) every false prophet was sile...
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...
2._The strong man, and the man of war _He mentions other ends which contribute to the safety and good order either of nations or of cities. Of these he threatens that the Jews will be wholly deprived,...
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 MIGHTY MAN, AND MAN OF WAR,.... The meaning is either that these should die in war, as thousands of them did; or that men fit to be generals of armies should be removed by death before this time,...
The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, Ver. 2. _The mighty man, and the man of war._] Such as were David's mighties; Hannibal; Fabius Maximu...
_The mighty man_, &c. Strong and valiant men. _The judge_ The civil magistrates; _and the prophet_ Either strictly so called, the want of whom is matter of grief, (Psalms 74:9,) or more largely taken,...
the mighty man and the man of war, the military power of the nation, THE JUDGE, AND THE PROPHET, AND THE PRUDENT, the diviner, AND THE ANCIENT, those whose counsel was based upon experience,...
GOD'S THREAT OF PUNISHMENT...
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...
Isaiah 3:2 man H1368 man H376 war H4421 judge H8199 (H8802) prophet H5030 diviner H7080 (H8802) elder...
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...
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...
_For behold the Lord. .. doth take away. .. the mighty man._ - NATIONAL LEADERS REMOVED The Jewish nation, at this time, may be considered as represented by an old building, ready to fall into ruin,...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 3:1 The false and sinful glories of men and women, which are temporary, are replaced by the eternal glory of the Lord (Isaiah 4:6)....
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 3:2 God judges his people by removing their good leaders and replacing them with irresponsible BOYS and INFANTS....
THE DEATH OF STATESMEN (_Funeral Sermon for the Right Hon. George Canning_.) Isaiah 3:1; Isaiah 3:3. _For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah … the coun...
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...
2 Kings 24:14; Amos 2:3; Ezekiel 8:12; Ezekiel 9:5; Isaiah 2:13;...
The judge — The civil magistrates. The ancient — Whose wisdom was increased by long experience....