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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 3:9-11

The path of sin and the rest of righteousness. I. THAT SIN CANNOT BE CONCEALED . "The show of their countenance doth witness against them" ( Isaiah 3:9 ). Whether Isaiah's words point to the unconscious revelation of sin is uncertain, but they clearly suggest the fact. The evil that is in men's hearts is shown in their countenance, whether they wish to conceal it or whether they take a shameful pride in it. The thoughts that flit through the mind, the passions that burn... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 3:10

Say ye to the righteous . The mention of the fact that the men of Jerusalem have permanently injured their moral natures by sin, and thus "rewarded evil to themselves," leads the prophet to declare at this point, parenthetically, the general law, which extends alike to the evil and the good—that men receive in themselves the recompense of their deeds. The righteous raise their moral nature, become better, and, in becoming better, become happier. "It is well with them, for of the fruit of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 3:10-11

Messages to the righteous and the wicked. These verses are parenthetical. "They assert the doctrine of 'future rewards and punishment' in a spiritual and not a mechanical sense. Good deeds ripen into happiness, as evil deeds into misery" (Cheyne). The point of impression may be stated thus— I. TO THE RIGHTEOUS — GOD 'S JUDGMENTS ARE NOT INDISCRIMINATE . II. TO THE WICKED — GOD 'S JUDGMENTS ARE INEVITABLE . "The pious are graciously assured, that in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 3:12

As for my people . Return is now made to the sins of the dwellers in Jerusalem, and the first thing noted is that the people suffer from the childishness and effeminacy of their rulers. The rulers are called "oppressors" by the way here, the sin of oppression being dwelt on later ( Isaiah 3:14 , Isaiah 3:15 ). Here the emphatic words are "children," "women." Children (see Isaiah 3:4 ). The rulers are "children," or rather "babes"—foolish, capricious, cowardly. It is not clear that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 3:12-15

Penalty, natural and supernatural. We learn— I. THAT THE NATURAL RESULT OF FOLLY IS TO BE GOVERNED BY THOSE WHO HAVE NO RIGHT TO RULE . 1. The nation suffers this penalty . As with Judah now ( Isaiah 3:12 ), so with each and every country in its turn and in its way. Unmanliness, frivolity, wickedness among the people, will be reflected in the sovereign power. A nation that lives supremely for material enrichment, or for military conquest, or... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 3:10

Say ye to the righteous - The meaning of this verse and the following is sufficiently plain, though expositors have given some variety of interpretation. They declare a great principle of the divine administration similar to what is stated in Isaiah 1:19-20. Lowth reads it, ‘Pronounce ye a blessing on the just; verily good (shall be to him).’That it shall be well ... - The word rendered ‘well,’ means ‘good.’ The sense evidently is, that in the divine administration it shall be well to be... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 3:11

Wo unto the wicked - To all the wicked - but here having particular reference to the Jews whom Isaiah was addressing.It shall be ill with him - The word “ill” is the only word here in the original. It is an emphatic mode of speaking - expressing deep abhorrence and suddenness of denunciation. ‘Woe to the impious! Ill!’For the reward of his hands - Of his conduct. The hands are the instruments by which we accomplish anything, and hence, they are put for the whole man.Shall be given him - That... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 3:12

As for my people, children are their oppressors - This refers, doubtless, to their civil rulers. They who “ought” to have been their “protectors,” oppressed them by grievous taxes and burdens. But whether this means that the rulers of the people were “literally” minors, or that they were so in “disposition and character,” has been a question. The original word is in the singular number (מעולל me‛ôlēl), and means a “child,” or an infant. It may, however, be taken collectively as a noun of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 3:10-11

Isaiah 3:10-11. Say ye to the righteous O ye priests and Levites, in your sermons and exhortations to the people; that it shall be well with him Even when it is ill with the wicked, and with the nation in general; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings God will be their safeguard and portion in the common calamity; therefore let them not fear, but let them commit themselves, and their all, to his protection, and resign themselves up to his disposal. They shall either be hid in... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 3:12

Isaiah 3:12. As for my people In this and the following verses, says Dr. Dodd, “the prophet describes the incapacity and weakness, the ignorance and corruption, the oppression and cruelty of the priests and rulers of the people; such as we learn from history they were before the Babylonish captivity.” Children are their oppressors Persons young in years, of little experience, and who have not due consideration, but, following the impulse of their passions, without regard to any thing... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 3:9-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 3:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 3:10-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 3:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 3:12-15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 3:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 3:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 3:12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 3:10-11

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 3:12

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