Isaiah 3:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Isaiah 3:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the people shall be oppressed - This describes the state of anarchy and confusion which would exist under the reign of children and babes Isaiah 3:4 , when all law would be powerless, and al...
Isaiah 3:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the people shall be (e) oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the elder, and the base against the honourable. (e) For la...
Isaiah 3:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Isaiah 3:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

child . a youth, or. boy. as in Isaiah 3:12 .
Isaiah 3:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. The people will oppress every man his neighbor He describes the utmost confusion, which was about to overtake the Jews, when order was destroyed or relaxed; and this will happen to all na...
Isaiah 3:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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.
Isaiah 3:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And the people shall be oppressed, &c.— Shall deal hardly one by another, &c. See the 38th chapter of Jeremiah throughout, and his Lamentations 4:16 .
Isaiah 3:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 peo...
Isaiah 3:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Isaiah 3:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The people shall be oppressed... — The words paint the worst form of the decadence of an Eastern kingdom. All is chaotic and anarchic; a fierce struggle for existence; the established order of soci...
Isaiah 3:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Isaiah 3:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Isaiah 3:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Isaiah 3:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Isaiah 3:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the people shall be oppressed, everyone by another, and everyone by his neighbour ,.... There being no governors, or such as were unfit for government, no decorum was kept and observed, but a me...
Isaiah 3:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 5....
Isaiah 3:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Isaiah 3:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgments Denounced. B. C. 758. 1 For, behold, the Lord, the L ORD of hosts, doth take...
Isaiah 3:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The people shall be oppressed, by the command or connivance of such childish rulers. The child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable; foolish and u...
Isaiah 3:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 3:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Isaiah 3:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Isaiah 3:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Isaiah 3:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

God's Threat of Punishment
Isaiah 3:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 2:23 ; 2 Samuel 16:5-9 ; Amos 4:1 ; Ecclesiastes 10:5-7 ; Ezekiel 22:12 ; Ezekiel 22:6 ; Ezekiel 22:7 ; Isaiah 1:4 ; Isaiah 11:13 ; Isaiah 9:19-21 ; James 2:6 ; James 5:4 ; Jerem...
Isaiah 3:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Oppressed — By thy command or permission of such childish rulers.

Isaiah 3:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 3:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 3:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 3:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 3:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 3:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 3:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 3:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 3:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 3:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 3:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 3:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 3:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 3:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 3:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 3:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 3:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 3:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 3:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 3:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 3:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 3:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 3:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 3:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 3:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 3:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes