Isaiah 3:6

Indeed a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, 2 “You have clothing, you be our ruler, 2 and let this ruin be under your hand.” 1

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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

5The people will be oppressed, 2 everyone by another, 2 and everyone by his neighbor. 1 The child will behave himself proudly against the old man, 2 and the base against the honorable. 1

7In that day he will cry out, saying, “I will not be a healer; 2 for in my house is neither bread nor clothing. 2 You shall not make me ruler of the people.” 1

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Cross References

John 6:15Yeshua [Salvation] therefore, perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force, to make him king, withdrew again to the mountain 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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