“ And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. ”
And I will give children - Not children in respect to age so much as in regard to talent for governing. I will commit the land to the government of weak and imbecile princes. This would naturally...
And I will give (d) children [to be] their princes, and babes shall rule over them. (d) Not only in age: but in manners, knowledge and strength.
Judah to be Punished with Anarchy. The date is uncertain. That it was early in the reign of Ahaz is a dubious inference from Isaiah 3:12 . The pillars of society will be removed, and control will...
children . youths, or boys. babes . with caprice. Not the same word
4. And I will appoint children to be their princes (56) That the vengeance of God may be more manifest, he now describes how sad and wretched will be the change, when competent and faithful...
And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. I will give children to be their princes "I will make boys their princes" - This also was fully accomplished in the suc...
And babes shall rule over them— And they shall wantonly lord it over them. Schultens. See Ecclesiastes 10:16-17 . This was the state of things in Judaea, after the carrying away of Jehoiachin to...
And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. And I will give children - in ability for governing: antithesis to the "ancient" (see Isaiah 3:12 ; Ecclesiaste...
1. Stay and the staff ] A prophecy of famine: cp. Isaiah 3:7 , as the clause following explains. But if the latter clause is a gloss then 'stay and staff' would refer to the classes upon which the...
I will give children to be their princes. — Better, youths. The words may point obliquely to Ahaz, who had ascended the throne at the age of twenty ( 2 Chronicles 28:1 ). Manasseh was but twelve...
CHAPTER II THE THREE JERUSALEMS 740-735 B.C. Isaiah 2:1-22 ; Isaiah 3:1-26 ; Isaiah 4:1-6 AFTER the general introduction, in chapter 1, to the prophecies of Isaiah, there comes another port...
an Exhortation to Humility and Reverence Isaiah 2:12-22 ; Isaiah 3:1-12 If men will not repent, they must suffer. If they will not voluntarily put away their idols and sorceries, they will be...
The prophet now deals with judgment in greater detail, and shows how it will proceed against the rulers and against the women. The judgment in the case of the rulers is to be the destruction of true...
The prophet plainly shows by these verses, that the sin is universal. All ranks and all orders of the people are involved in the same sin, and consequently the same punishment. It is a melancholy sta...
And I will give children [to be] their princes ,.... Either in age, or in understanding, who are really so, or act like such; and in either sense, when this is the case, it is an unhappiness to a na...
And I will give children [to be] their princes, and babes shall rule over them. Ver. 4. And I will give children to be their princes. ] Si non annis, at animis; If not with years but with lif...
And I will give children to be their princes Either, 1st, Children in age, whose minority corrupt ministers of state commonly abuse, to the producing of much evil: or, 2d, In understanding and expe...
Judgments Denounced. B. C. 758. 1 For, behold, the Lord, the L ORD of hosts, doth take...
Children; either, 1. In age, whose minority corrupt ministers of state commonly abuse to great mischiefs; or, 2. In understanding, experience, and manners; foolish, froward, unteachable, &c...
All that Jerusalem/Judah Depend On Is To Be Taken Away So That Society Will Disintegrate Towards Even More Evil ( Isaiah 3:1-9 a). Having covered world judgment Isaiah now brings it home to the l...
Isaiah 3:1 . Behold, the Lord doth take away from Jerusalem the whole stay of bread. This threatening is understood of the Chaldean invasion in the reign of Jechoniah, and after the death of king...
I will give children to be their princes Puerile government Probably an abstract term used for a concrete--puerilities or childishnesses for childish persons . ( J. A. Alexander. ) Juvenile...
EXPOSITION Isaiah 3:1-23 GOD 'S JUDGMENT UPON JERUSALEM . The general denunciations against Israel of the two preceding chapters are here turned especially against Jerusalem. God will...
God's Threat of Punishment
1 Kings 3:7-9 ; 2 Chronicles 33:1 ; 2 Chronicles 34:1 ; 2 Chronicles 36:11 ; 2 Chronicles 36:2 ; 2 Chronicles 36:5 ; 2 Chronicles 36:9 ; Ecclesiastes 10:16