Isaiah chapter 3

Judgment of Judah.

 


 

JUDGMENT OF JUDAH

 

VERSE 1. For, behold, the Lord, GOD of Hosts, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support, the whole supply of bread, and the whole supply of water;

takes away from … Judah. Because of their sin, the LORD would take away their supplies.

 

VERSE 2. the mighty man, the man of war, the judge, the prophet, the diviner, the elder,

 

VERSE 3. the captain of fifty, the honorable man, the counselor, the skilled craftsman, and the clever enchanter.

 

VERSE 4. I will give boys to be their princes, and children shall rule over them.

children shall rule over them. There were times when God’s people were foolish enough to anoint a child as their king:

2 Kings 11:12. Then he brought out the king’s son, and put the crown on him, and gave him the covenant; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, “Long live the king!”

Ecclesiastes 10:16. Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!

Isaiah 3:4. I will give boys to be their princes, and children shall rule over them.

 

VERSE 5. The people will be oppressed, everyone by another, and everyone by his neighbor. The child will behave himself proudly against the old man, and the wicked against the honorable.

 

VERSE 6. Indeed a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, “You have clothing, you be our ruler, and let this ruin be under your hand.”

 

VERSE 7. In that day he will cry out, saying, “I will not be a healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing. You shall not make me ruler of the people.”

 

VERSE 8. For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen; because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

 

VERSE 9. The look of their faces testify against them. They parade their sin like Sodom. They don’t hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought disaster upon themselves.

They parade their sin. They were not ashamed of their sin. They did not hide it. Rather, they paraded it before everyone.

 

VERSE 10. Tell the righteous “Good!” For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

 

VERSE 11. Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.

 

VERSE 12. As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people, those who lead you cause you to err, and destroy the way of your paths.

 

VERSE 13. The LORD stands up to contend, and stands to judge the peoples.

 

VERSE 14. The LORD will enter into judgment with the elders of his people and their leaders: “It is you who have eaten up the vineyard. The plunder of the poor is in your houses.

The plunder of the poor is in your houses. The LORD God’s people made themselves rich by exploiting the poor.

In the Bible, to exploit the poor is a heinous crime.

 

VERSE 15. What do you mean that you crush my people, and grind the face of the poor?” says the Lord, the LORD of Hosts.

you crush my people. The LORD God comes to the defense of his own people.

grind the face of the poor. The LORD God comes to the defense of poor people.

 

VERSE 16. Moreover the LORD said, “Because the daughters of Zion are arrogant, and walk with outstretched necks and flirting eyes, walking to trip as they go, jingling ornaments on their feet;

 

VERSE 17. therefore the Lord brings sores on the crown of the head of the women of Zion, and the LORD will make their scalps bald.”

make their scalps bald. Baldness is seen as a bad thing.

 

VERSE 18. In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, the headbands, the crescent necklaces,

 

VERSE 19. the earrings, the bracelets, the veils,

 

VERSE 20. the headdresses, the ankle chains, the sashes, the perfume containers, the charms,

 

VERSE 21. the signet rings, the nose rings,

 

VERSE 22. the fine robes, the capes, the cloaks, the purses,

 

VERSE 23. the hand mirrors, the fine linen garments, the tiaras, and the shawls.

 

VERSE 24. It shall happen that instead of sweet spices, there shall be rottenness; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of well set hair, baldness; instead of a robe, a wearing of sackcloth; and branding instead of beauty.

 

VERSE 25. Your men shall fall by the sword, and your mighty in the war.

 

VERSE 26. Her gates shall lament and mourn. She shall be desolate and sit on the ground.

 


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