Isaiah 3:1-26 EXPOSITION Isa_3:3 Isa 3:1 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, Isa 3:2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, Isa 3:3 The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator. Isa 3:4 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. Isa 3:5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable. The captain of fifty. Captains of fifties were scarcely at this period civil officers (Cheyne). They represent simply the lowest grade of officers in the army (2Ki_1:9, 2Ki_1:11, 2Ki_1:13). Honorable. The same expression is used again in Isa_9:15. It occurs also in 2Ki_5:1-27. I and Job_22:8. The cunning artificer. All the craftsmen and smiths in Jerusalem were carried away by Nebuchadnezzar in the captivity of Jehoiachin (2Ki_24:14; cf. Jer_24:1). They were among the most valuable of the population, in time of war no less than of peace, since on them depended the construction and repair of the military engines which were regarded as of so much importance (2Ch_26:15). The eloquent orator; rather, the expert enchanter (comp. Ecc_10:11; Jer_8:17). Pulpit
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