Isaiah 3:8

For 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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In The King James Version

For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

In Context

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

9The look of their faces testify against them. 2 They parade their habitual sin ·missing the mark· like Sodom [Burning]. 2 They don’t hide it. 2 Woe to their soul! 2 For they have brought disaster upon themselves. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 26:27Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. 2 Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him. 1

Isaiah 5:18Woe to those who draw depravity (moral evil) with cords of falsehood, 2 and wickedness as with cart rope; 1

Isaiah 57:4Whom do you mock? 2 Against whom do you make a wide mouth, 2 and stick out your tongue? 1 Are not you children of a rebellious breach of relationship, 2 and offspring of falsehood, 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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