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Verse Isaiah 3:7. _IN THAT DAY SHALL HE SWEAR_ - "Then shall he openly
declare"] The _Septuagint, Syriac_, and _Jerome_, read וישא
_veyissa_, adding the conjunction, which seems necessary in this
plac...
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IN THAT DAY SHALL HE SWEAR - Hebrew, ישׁא _yı̂shā'_ ‘Shall
he lift up’ - that is, the voice, or the hand. To lift up the hand
was one of the modes of taking an oath. Perhaps it means only that he
sho...
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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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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...
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SWEAR. Hebrew "lift up [the hand]": i.e. swear. Reference to
Pentateuch (Genesis 14:22.Exodus 6:8; Numbers 14:30; Deuteronomy
32:40). App-92.
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WHEN A MAN, &C.— In these verses the description of the confused
state of the nation, mentioned in the fifth verse, is continued under
an elegant figure, whereby the government, which otherwise is
anx...
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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...
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In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in
my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the
people.
IN THAT DAY SHALL HE SWEAR - literally, lift up; name...
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3:7 healer, (h-15) Lit. 'a binder up.'...
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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...
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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....
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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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WHEN A MAN SHALL TAKE HOLD OF HIS BROTHER... — Disorder was followed
by destitution. The elder brother, the impoverished owner of the
ruined dwelling, the head of a family or village, turns in his rag...
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יִשָּׂא֩ בַ † יֹּ֨ום הַ ה֤וּא ׀ לֵ...
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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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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...
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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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In that day shall he (g) swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for
in my house [is] neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of
the people.
(g) Fear will cause him to forswear himself, rathe...
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_Clothing. The indigent were excluded from dignities, for fear lest
they should seek to enrich themselves by unjustifiable means, Exodus
xviii. 22. (Plut.[Plutarch?] in Sol.) (Pliny, [Natural History?...
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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...
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7._In that day shall he swear. _The word _swear _expresses an absolute
and vehement refusal; for frequently he who at first excuses himself,
or declares that he will not do it, at length yields to ent...
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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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IN THAT DAY SHALL HE SWEAR,.... Or "lift up", that is, his hand e,
which was a gesture used in swearing, and therefore is so rendered;
the meaning is, that he shall at once immediately give an answer,...
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In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my
house [is] neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the
people.
Ver. 7. _In that day shall he swear, saying._] It is c...
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_A man shall take hold of his brother_ Of his relation, friend, or
neighbour. To take hold of another implies entreating his assistance;
see Isaiah 4:1; Zechariah 8:23; _saying, Thou hast clothing_ We...
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in that day shall he, refusing to take this obligation upon himself,
SWEAR, SAYING, calling out loudly in protest, I WILL NOT BE AN HEALER,
in trying to save the wreck; FOR IN MY HOUSE IS NEITHER BREA...
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GOD'S THREAT OF PUNISHMENT...
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SHALL HE SWEAR:
_ Heb._ lift up the hand
HEALER:
_ Heb._ binder up...
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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...
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HE SHALL SWEAR, Heb. _he shall lift up_; understand either,
1. His voice; he shall cry aloud, to show his earnestness in refusing
the offer; or,
2. His hand, which was the usual gesture in swearing,...
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Isaiah 3:7 day H3117 protest H5375 (H8799) saying H559 (H8800) cure
H2280 (H8802) house H1004 food...
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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...
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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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_A man shall take hold of his brother_
SEEKING TO TRANSFER RULERSHIP
Here we have the law of primogeniture.
By the law of the State it was right that the eldest son should take a
certain definite an...
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_I will give children to be their princes_
PUERILE GOVERNMENT
Probably an abstract term used for a concrete--puerilities or
childishnesses for childish persons_._
(_J. A. Alexander._)
JUVENILE GOV...
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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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Deuteronomy 32:40; Genesis 14:22; Hosea 5:13; Hosea 6:1; Isaiah 58:12;