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Verse Isaiah 3:24. _INSTEAD OF SWEET SMELL_ - "perfume."] A principal
part of the delicacy of the Asiatic ladies consists in the use of
baths, and of the richest oils and perfumes; an attention to wh...
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AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS - The prophet proceeds to denounce the
“judgment” or “punishment” that would come upon them for their
pride and vanity. In the calamities that would befall the nation, all
th...
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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...
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ISAIAH 3:16 TO ISAIAH 4:1. THE LUXURIOUS LADIES OF JERUSALEM AND THEIR
DOOM. As Amos attacked the women of Samaria for their luxury, made
possible through the oppression of the poor (Amos 4:1), so Isa...
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SWEET SMELL. perfume.
STINK. rottenness, or stench.
RENT. a rope,
WELL SET HAIR. richly plaited hair.
STOMACHER. sash or girdle, often worked in silk and gold. Still worn
in Palestine.
GIRDING OF...
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IN THAT DAY THE LORD WILL TAKE AWAY, &C.— In that day will the Lord
take from them the ornaments, of the feet-rings, and the net-works,
and the crescents; the pendents, and the bracelets, and the thin...
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b. THE WOMEN
TEXT: Isaiah 3:16 to Isaiah 4:1
16
Moreover Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and
walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as
they go, a...
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And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be
stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair
baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth;...
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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...
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At that time, enemies will attack and destroy *Jerusalem. God’s
judgement will show itself in all that the people suffer.
• ‘Women’ is more accurately ‘daughters’ and so probably
means all the inhabi...
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AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS. — Now comes the terrible contrast of the
day of destruction that is coming on all this refined luxury. Instead
of the balmy perfume of the scent-bottles, there shall be the...
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וְ הָיָה֩ תַ֨חַת בֹּ֜שֶׂם מַ֣ק
יִֽהְיֶ֗ה וְ
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Stench. The Jews are noted on this account, as if in consequence of
this curse, or of their being confined to prisons, &c. F\'9ctentium
Judæorum et tumultuantium sæpe tædio percitus. --- M. Aurelius...
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What a sad portrait is here drawn by the prophet, of the daughters of
Zion. Alas! how unsuitable to Zion's daughters, who are supposed to be
women professing godliness. Reader! is not the present day...
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24._Instead of a sweet smell there shall be stink. _It is evident that
the country here described abounds in aromatic herbs; and there is no
reason to doubt that in pleasant smells, as well as in othe...
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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...
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AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, [THAT] INSTEAD OF SWEET SMELL THERE SHALL
BE A STINK,.... Instead of "spice", or in the place where they put
spices, carried musk, or had their smelling bottles, of precious...
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And it shall come to pass, [that] instead of sweet smell there shall
be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair
baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth;...
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_The embroidered robes, and the tunics, and the cloaks, and the little
purses, Isaiah 3:22_. _The transparent garments_ A kind of silken
dress, transparent like gauze; worn only by the most delicate w...
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And it shall come to pass that instead of sweet smell, the delicate
perfume of balsam, there shall be stink AND INSTEAD OF A GIRDLE A
RENT, nothing but a rope to hold the garments together, AND INSTEA...
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THE VANITY OF THE WOMEN OF JERUSALEM...
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16-26 The prophet reproves and warns the daughters of Zion of the
sufferings coming upon them. Let them know that God notices the folly
and vanity of proud women, even of their dress. The punishments...
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INSTEAD OF SWEET SMELL, those perfumes mentioned ISAIAH 3:20, THERE
SHALL BE STINK, from their scabs, mentioned ISAIAH 3:17, or from other
ill usages of their enemies. INSTEAD OF A GIRDLE, which were...
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Isaiah 3:24 smell H1314 stench H4716 sash H2290 rope H5364 well-set
H4639 hair H4748 baldness H7144 robe...
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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 ha...
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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...
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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...
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_The daughters of Zion are haughty_
WANTON EYES
(“twinkling with the eyes”):--Compare the Talmudic witticism,
“God did not create the woman out of Adam’s ear, lest she might
become an eavesdropper;...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 3:24 INSTEAD OF. Five times Isaiah says that
God will replace the women’s self-indulgence (vv. Isaiah 3:16) with
the tragedies of exile and abuse....
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FEMALE PRIDE AND LUXURY
Isaiah 3:16, Isaiah 4:1. _Moreover the Lord saith, Because the
daughters of Zion are haughty, &c._
We have here a terrible denunciation of female pride and luxury.
Consider—
I...
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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...
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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...
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Amos 8:10; Deuteronomy 28:22; Deuteronomy 32:24; Ezekiel 27:31;...
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Girdle — Which were fine and costly, and useful to gird their
garments about them. A rent — Torn and tattered garments. Burning
— By the heat of the sun, to which they are now commonly exposed,
from w...