Isaiah 3:1

For, behold, the Lord, the Eternal of hosts, doth remove from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, every stay of bread, and every stay of water.

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In The King James Version

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,

In Context

2The hero, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,

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Cross References

2 Kings 25:3And on the ninth of the month, when the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land:

Isaiah 1:24Therefore saith the Lord, the Eternal of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will take satisfaction on my adversaries, and be avenged on my enemies.

Isaiah 5:13Therefore are my people led into exile, for want of knowledge: and their honorable men suffer of famine, and their multitude are panting with thirst.

Isaiah 51:22Thus hath said thy Lord, the Eternal, and thy God, who will ever plead for his people, Behold, I have taken out of thy hand the cup of confusion, the deep cup of my fury: thou shalt never more drink it again.

Jeremiah 38:9My lord, O king, these men have done wrong in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the pit; and he would have had to die [as it is] in the place where he was for hunger; for there is no more bread in the city.

Ezekiel 14:13Son of man, if a land should sin against me by trespassing grievously, and I stretch out my hand against it, and break unto it the staff of bread, and send out famine against it, and cut off from it man and beast;

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 3:1

The prophet, in this chapter, goes on to foretel the desolations that were coming upon Judah and Jerusalem for their sins, both that by the Babylonians and that which completed their ruin by the Romans, with some of the grounds of God's controversy with them. God threatens, I. To deprive them of all the supports both of their life and of their government, ver. 1-3 . II. To leave them to fall into confusion and disorder, ver. 4, 5 , 12 . III. To deny them the blessing of magistracy, ver. 6-8 . IV. To strip the… Read the whole commentary →

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