Isaiah 3:6

When 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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:

In Context

5And 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

7In Yom Hahu shall he protest, saying, 1 I am no curer of your ills; 1 for in my bais is neither lechem nor simlah (clothing); 1 make me not a Katzin Am. 1

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Cross References

Judges 11:6And they said unto Yiftach, Come, and be our katzin (leader), that we may fight with the Bnei Ammon.

John 6:15Therefore, Yehoshua, having had da'as that they are about to come and to seize him that they might make him king by force, departed alone again to the mountain, withdrawing by himself.

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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