Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Isaiah 3:3
honourable man. eminent or highly respected man.
cunning artificer. skilled in arts.
eloquent orator. skilled in magnetism.
honourable man. eminent or highly respected man.
cunning artificer. skilled in arts.
eloquent orator. skilled in magnetism.
THE CAPTAIN OF FIFTY - By this was probably denoted an officer in the army. The idea is, that the commanders of the various divisions of the army should be taken away. THE HONOURABLE MAN - Hebrew פנים...
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...
THE ELOQUENT ORATOR— _The skilful charmer,_ or _enchanter._ Le Clerc....
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 captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator. THE CAPTAIN OF FIFTY - not only captains of thousands, and centurions of a hun...
3:3 enchantments. (f-22) Lit. 'whisperings.' the charmer, as Jeremiah 8:17 ....
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...
ARTIFICER] cp. Jeremiah 24:1 but RM 'charmer.' ELOQUENT ORATOR] 'skilful enchanter.'...
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 CAPTAIN OF FIFTY, AND THE HONOURABLE MAN. — The first title implies a division like that of Exodus 18:21, of which “fifty” was all but the minimum unit. So we have the three “captains of fifty” in...
שַׂר ־חֲמִשִּׁ֖ים וּ נְשׂ֣וּא פָנִ֑ים וְ יֹוע
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 captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the skilful craftsman, and the (c) eloquent orator. (c) By these he means that God would take away everything that was of any val...
_Countenance. Septuagint, "the admired counsellor," (Haydock) who came into the king's presence. --- Architect. 4 Kings xxiv. 14. (Calmet) --- Eloquent. Literally, "mystic." (Haydock) --- Aquila and S...
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...
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 CAPTAIN OF FIFTY,.... A semi-centurion, such an one as in 2 Kings 1:9. So far should there be from being captains of thousands, and of hundreds, that there should not be one of fifty: AND THE HON...
The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator. Ver. 3. _The captain of fifty._] One of the least and lowest commanders in war; s...
_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 captain of fifty, the. smallest unit of the Jewish army, AND THE HONORABLE MAN, the preferred favorite of the king, AND THE COUNSELOR, AND THE CUNNING ARTIFICER, the state engineer and inventor, o...
GOD'S THREAT OF PUNISHMENT...
THE HONOURABLE MAN: _ Heb._ a man eminent in countenance ELOQUENT ORATOR: Or, skillfull of speech...
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...
THE CAPTAIN OF FIFTY; there shall not be a man left able to command and manage fifty soldiers, and much less such as could command hundreds or thousands, which yet were necessary. _The honourable man_...
Isaiah 3:3 captain H8269 fifty H2572 honorable H5375 (H8803) man H6440 counselor H3289 (H8802) skillful H2450 artisan...
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...
1 Samuel 8:12; Deuteronomy 1:15; Exodus 18:21; Exodus 4:10; Exodus 4:14