Isaiah 3:4

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 Babylon.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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.
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 pil...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

children . youths, or boys. babes . with caprice. Not the same word
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 wretch...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 prin...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Children.. babes ] in character rather than in years. 6, 7. The meaning is, the state of society shall be such that a man who apparently has the...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 twen...
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...
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...
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 ca...
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 conseq...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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, w...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
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 produci...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgments Denounced. B. C. 758. 1 For,...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Children; either, 1. In age, whose minority corrupt ministers of state commonly abuse to great mischiefs; or, 2. In understanding, experience,...
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...
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 th...
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 ch...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

God's Threat of Punishment
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And I will give children to be their princes, weak and inexperienced young men, and babes shall rule over them, incompetent and wanton youngsters,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 ; Eccl...

⁴ And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 3:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 3:4