Isaiah 3:6

A man will even take hold of his brother in his father's house 1 and say, 'You have a coat; be our ruler, and let this ruin be in your hands.' 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, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor; 1 the child will insult the elderly, and the degraded will challenge the honorable. 1

7On that day he will shout and say, 1 'I will not be a healer; I have no bread or clothing. 1 You will not make me ruler of the people.'” 1

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Cross References

Judges 11:6They said to Jephthah, “Come and be our leader that we may fight with the people of Ammon.”

John 6:15When Jesus realized that they were about to come and seize him by force to make him king, he withdrew again up 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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