Isaiah 3:5

And HaAm shall be oppressed, 1 every one by another, 1 and every one by his re'a; 1 the na'ar shall behave himself proudly against the zaken, 1 and the base against the honorable. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.

In Context

4And I will make ne'arim (lads) to be their sarim, 1 and babes shall rule over them. 1

6When an ish shall take hold 1 of his brother of his bais avi, saying, 1 Thou hast clothing, be thou our katzin, 1 and let this ruin be under thy yad; 1

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Cross References

2 Samuel 16:5When Dovid HaMelech came to Bachurim, hinei, from there came out an ish of the mishpakhat Bais Sha'ul; shmo Shime'i Ben Gera; and he, cursing continuously, came.

Job 30:1But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, 1 whose avot I would have disdained to have set 1 with the dogs of my tzon. 1

Isaiah 1:4Ah, goy choteh (sinful nation), 1 a people weighed down with avon (guilt, iniquity), 1 zera of evildoers, banim of corruption; 1 they forsook Hashem, 1 they have spurned the Kadosh Yisroel (the Holy One of Yisroel), 1 they have turned their back on Him. + 1:4 T.N. Here we see it is “My people” ( Ex 6:6-7 ) who are stricken, whereas in Isa 53:8 it is Moshiach Ben Dovid who is stricken for My people. 1

Isaiah 9:19And they grab on the yamin (right hand), and are still hungry; 1 and shall eat on the smol (left hand), and they shall not be satisfied; 1 they shall eat every ish the basar of his own zero'a; 1

Isaiah 19:2And I will set the Mitzrayim against the Mitzrayim; 1 and they shall fight every ish against his brother, and every ish against his neighbor; 1 ir against ir, and mamlachah against mamlachah. 1

Jeremiah 22:17But thine eynayim (eyes) and thine lev 1 are but for thy betza (covetousness, greed) 1 and for to shed dahm hanaki (innocent blood), 1 and for oshek (oppression), and for merutzah (extortion, persecution), to do it.

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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