No text from Poole on this verse.
Thy men - This is an address to Jerusalem itself, by a change not uncommon in the writings of Isaiah. In the calamities coming on them, their str...
Thy men shall fall by the (t) sword, and thy mighty in the war. (t) Meaning that God will not only punish the women but their husbands who have perm...
Isaiah 3:16 to Isaiah 4:1 . The Luxurious Ladies of Jerusalem and their Doom. As Amos attacked the women of Samaria for their luxury, made possi...
mighty . might. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "mighty ones".
25. Thy men shall fall by the sword. He directs his discourse to Jerusalem and to the whole kingdom of Judah; for, after having demonstrated...
Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war. Thy mighty men - For גבורתך geburathech an ancient MS. has גבורך gibborech. The true read...
Thy men shall fall, &c.— We have in these verses the second evil; the desolation and widowhood of the matrons and virgins. See Lamentations 2:...
Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war. Thy men - of Jerusalem.
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...
26. Thy, her ] the pronouns refer to. Zion.
(25-26) Thy men... (26) her gates... — The feminine pronoun in both verses points to the daughter of Zion as representing her many daughters. As i...
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...
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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 ca...
The chapter ends, as it began, and as one might reasonably suppose would be the close; if sin reigns, sorrow must follow: for the wages of sin is dea...
Thy men shall fall by the sword ,.... Of the Romans; which would be a punishment to the women for their pride and luxury, being deprived thereby of...
Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war. Ver. 25. Thy men shall fall by the sword. ] For suffering and favouring the women's ex...
Thy men shall fall , &c. We have in these verses the second evil; the desolation and widowhood of the matrons and virgins: see Lamentations 2:2...
The Vanity of the Daughters of Zion. B. C. 758....
FEMALE PRIDE AND LUXURY Isaiah 3:16 , Isaiah 4:1 . Moreover the Lord saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, &c. We have here a t...
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 th...
EXPOSITION Isaiah 3:1-23 GOD 'S JUDGMENT UPON JERUSALEM . The general denunciations against Israel of the two preceding chapters are...
The Vanity of the Women of Jerusalem
Thy men shall fall by the sword, the defenders of Jerusalem a prey of war, and thy mighty in the war.
2 Chronicles 29:9 ; Amos 9:10 ; Jeremiah 11:22 ; Jeremiah 14:18 ; Jeremiah 18:21 ; Jeremiah 19:7 ; Jeremiah 21:9 ; Lamentations 2:21
25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mightyj in the war.