Isaiah 3:7

But his brother will reply, “ No, I cannot help you, because I do not have any extra food or clothes in this house. So do not appoint me to be your leader!”

Translation for Translators

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

6At that time, someone will grab one of his brothers in his father’s house and say to him, “You have a coat, which shows that you are respected. So you be our leader! You rule this city, which is now a pile of ruins!”

8Jerusalem and the other towns in Judah will be destroyed, because everything that the people do and say there opposes Yahweh, who is powerful and glorious, and they refuse to obey him. They rebel against him.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:40I raise my hand toward heaven and solemnly declare that just as sure as I live forever,

Jeremiah 14:19Then I prayed this: “ Yahweh, have you completely rejected the people of Judah? Do you really despise the people of Jerusalem [MTY]? Why have you [RHQ] wounded us very badly, with the result that we will never be healed? We hoped that we would have peace, but there was no peace. We hoped that there would be a time when we would be healed, but all that we received were things that terrified us.

Ezekiel 34:4You have not enabled those who are weak to become strong. You have not healed those who were sick. You have not bandaged those who were wounded/injured. You have not brought back those who went astray. You have not searched for those who became lost. You have ruled your people harshly and cruelly.

Hosea 6:1The Israeli people say, “Come, let’s return to Yahweh! He has caused us to be injured, but he will heal us. He has caused us to be wounded, but it is as though he will put bandages on our wounds [MET].

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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