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Verse Isaiah 3:20. _THE TABLETS_] The words בתי הנפש _bottey
hannephesh_, which we translate _tablets_, and Bishop _Lowth, perfume
boxes_, literally signify _houses of the soul_; and may refer to
stro...
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THE BONNETS - The “tiara, head-dress, or turban.” The word comes
from the verb “to adorn.” The “turban” is almost universally
worn in the East. It was worn by the priests, Exodus 39:28; by the
bridegr...
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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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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
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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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The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and
the tablets, and the earrings,
BONNETS - tiaras, or turbans.
ORNAMENTS OF THE LEGS - the short stepping chains from one foot to...
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3:20 head-dresses, (d-2) Or 'diadems.'...
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BONNETS] RV 'headtires.' The same word is used of a bridegroom's
headdress (Isaiah 61:10).
ORNAMENTS OF THE LEGS] RV 'ankle-chains.'
HEADBANDS] RV 'sashes,' such as were worn by brides (Isaiah 49:18;...
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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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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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THE BONNETS... — The English word is perhaps, too modern in its
associations, and should be replaced by “diadems” (Exodus 39:28;
Isaiah 61:10).
THE ORNAMENTS OF THE LEGS. — These were chains connectin...
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הַ פְּאֵרִ֤ים וְ הַ צְּעָדֹות֙ וְ הַ
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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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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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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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THE BONNETS,.... This word is used sometimes for the tire of the heads
of men, Ezekiel 24:17 and even for the bonnets of the priests, Exodus
39:28. The Targum renders the word "crowns"; the Jewish wom...
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The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the
tablets, and the earrings,
Ver. 20. _See Trapp on "_ Isa 3:19 _"_...
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the bonnets, turban-shaped diadems, AND THE ORNAMENTS OF THE LEGS, the
step-chains connecting the ankle-bracelets, AND THE HEAD-BANDS,
beautiful girdles, AND THE TABLETS, perfume capsules, the favorit...
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THE VANITY OF THE WOMEN OF JERUSALEM...
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TABLETS:
_ Heb._ houses of the soul...
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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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THE BONNETS: these were ornaments to cover the head, common both to
men, as EXODUS 39:28, and to women, as here. THE TABLETS, Heb. _the
houses of the soul, or of life, or of breath_; whereby he seems...
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Isaiah 3:20 headdresses H6287 ornaments H6807 headbands H7196 perfume
H5315 boxes H1004 charms H3908
the earrings - Lechashim probably amulets....
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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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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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Exodus 32:2; Ezekiel 16:12; Genesis 35:4; Hosea 2:13...
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Tablets — He seems to mean boxes of perfumes....