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Isaiah 3:2

the strong man, and the man of war, the judge and the prophet, and the seer and the elder;

Catholic Public Domain Version

In The King James Version

The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,

In Context

1For behold, the sovereign Lord of hosts will take away, from Jerusalem and from Judah, the powerful and the strong: all the strength from bread, and all the strength from water;

3the leader over fifty and the honorable in appearance; and the counselor, and the wise among builders, and the skillful in mystical speech.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 9:1And so, all of Israel was numbered. And the sum of them was written in the book of the kings of Israel and of Judah. And they were taken away to Babylon because of their transgression.

Isaiah 2:13and over all the straight and tall cedars of Lebanon, and over all the oaks of Bashan;

Lamentations 5:12The leaders were suspended by their hand. They were not ashamed before the faces of the elders.

Ezekiel 9:5And he said to the others, in my hearing: “Cross through the city after him, and strike! Your eye shall not be lenient, and you shall not take pity.

Amos 2:3And I will destroy the judge in their midst, and I will execute all his leaders with him, says the Lord.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 3:2-9

Judgments Denounced. ( b. c. 758.) 1 For, behold, the Lord, 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, 2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, 3 The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator. 4 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. 5 And the people… Read the whole commentary →

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