Isaiah 3:7

In 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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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

6Indeed 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

8For Jerusalem [City of peace] is ruined, and Judah [Praised] is fallen; 2 because their tongue and their doings are against Adonai, 1 to provoke the eyes of his kavod ·weighty glory·. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:40For I lift up my hand to heaven and declare, 2 as I live forever, + 32:40. Quoted in Rev 10:5-6 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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