Isaiah 3:2
their strong fighters and soldiers, leaders and prophets, fortune-tellers and elders,
Free Bible 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
3army captains, state officials, counselors, craftsmen, masters of magic, and experts in the occult.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 9:1All of the people of Israel were recorded in the genealogies written down in the book of the kings of Israel. The people of Judah were taken away to captivity in Babylon because they had been unfaithful.
Isaiah 2:13He will cut down the cedars of Lebanon, tall and high, and all the great oaks of Bashan,
Lamentations 5:12Princes have been hung up by their hands; they show elders no respect.
Ezekiel 9:5Then I heard him tell the others, “Follow him all through the city and start killing people. Don't be kind or merciful to anyone!
Amos 2:3I will cut down their king and all their princes 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 →