Isaiah 3:2
The strong man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the cunning man, and the ancient.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
Cross References
1 Chronicles 9:1And all Israel was numbered: and the sum of them was written in the book of the kings of Israel, and Juda: and they were carried away to Babylon for their transgression.
Isaiah 2:13And upon all the tall and lofty cedars of Libanus, and upon all the oaks of Basan.
Lamentations 5:12The princes were hanged up by their hand: they did not respect the persons of the ancient.
Ezekiel 9:5And to the others he said in my hearing: Go ye after him through the city, and strike: let not your eyes spare, nor be ye moved with pity.
Amos 2:3And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all his princes with him, saith 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 →