Isaiah 3:7

In 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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.

In Context

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

8For Yerushalayim is ruined, 1 and Yehudah fallen; 1 because their leshon and their deeds are against Hashem, 1 to provoke the eyes of His kavod. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:40For I lift up My hand to Shomayim, 1 and say, Chai Anochi l'Olam (as I live). 1

Jeremiah 14:19Hast Thou utterly rejected Yehudah? 1 Hath Thy nefesh loathed Tziyon? 1 Why hast Thou afflicted us, 1 and there is no healing for us? 1 We hoped for shalom, and there is no tov; 1 and for the time of healing, and hinei terror! 1

Ezekiel 34:4The weak have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was cholah (sick), neither have ye bound up the nishberet (injured ones), neither have ye brought back that which was straying, neither have ye sought haovedet (the lost); but with chazekah (force) and with perek (harshness, severity) have ye ruled them.

Hosea 6:1Come, and let us return unto Hashem; 1 for He hath torn, and He will heal us; 1 He hath struck, and He will bind us up. 1

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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