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Verse Isaiah 3:8. _THE EYES_ - "The cloud"] This word appears to be
of very doubtful form, from the printed editions, the MSS., and the
ancient versions. The first yod in עיני _eyney_, which is
neces...
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FOR JERUSALEM ... - The prophet proceeds to show the cause of this
state of things. ‘These are the words of the prophet, and not of him
who was chosen leader.’ - “Jerome.”
IS RUINED - It would be so...
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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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RUINED. overthrown.
THE EYES OF HIS GLORY. His glorious presence, "eyes" being put by
Figure of speech _Metonymy_, for the person as manifested....
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FOR JERUSALEM IS RUINED— The fourth member of the second part of
this discourse begins here, which contains the justification and
explanation of the divine judgment hitherto set forth, and may be thus...
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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
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For, behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem
and from Judah s...
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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.
FOR JERUSALEM IS RUINED - reason given by the prophet wh...
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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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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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Proud behaviour (verse 9) causes moral failures in words and deeds.
Such failures must affect both personal life and national life. That
is God’s law.
GOD’S JUDGEMENT
V13 As if he were standing in c...
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FOR JERUSALEM IS RUINED... — The outward evils of the kingdom are
traced to their true source. _Men_ have provoked, in the prophet’s
bold anthropomorphic language, “the _eyes_ of His glory,” the
manif...
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כִּ֤י כָשְׁלָה֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וִ
יהוּדָ֖ה נָפָ֑ל...
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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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_For. The prophet tells what will happen. (Menochius) --- And their.
Septuagint, "are sinful, disbelieving what regards the Lord. Wherefore
now their glory is brought low." (Haydock) --- They must hav...
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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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8._For Jerusalem is ruined. _Lest it should be thought that God is
excessively cruel, when he punishes his people with such severity, the
Prophet here explains briefly the reason of the calamity; as i...
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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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FOR JERUSALEM IS RUINED, AND JUDAH IS FALLEN, e.] This is a reason
given why the government of them is refused they were fallen into such
a ruinous condition, that there was no probability of recoveri...
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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.
Ver. 8. _For Jerusalem is fallen._] Therefore I will not...
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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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For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen, outward and inward decay
is evident, BECAUSE THEIR TONGUE AND THEIR DOINGS ARE AGAINST THE
LORD, their apostasy and blasphemy have reached the limit, TO P...
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GOD'S THREAT OF PUNISHMENT...
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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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Of his glorious majesty, whom they ought to reverence and adore....
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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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_For Jerusalem is ruined_
“JERUSALEM IS RUINED!”--FORFEITED PRIVILEGE
What a verse is the eighth! We cannot even now read it without
quailing under the awful representation--“For Jerusalem is ruined...
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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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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 3:8 FOR... BECAUSE. The nation’s social
collapse has resulted from their hostility toward God. DEFYING HIS
GLORIOUS PRESENCE. They stubbornly disregard God’s presence ...
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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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1 Corinthians 10:22; 2 Chronicles 28:18; 2 Chronicles 28:5; 2
Chronicles 33:11;...