Isaiah 3:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,

The mighty man, and the man of war - fulfilled under Nebuchadnezzar (2 Kings 24:14).

The prudent. The Hebrew (qsoseem) often means a soothsayer (Deuteronomy 18:10-14): thus it will mean, the diviners, on whom they rely, shall in that day fail. It is found in a good sense, Proverbs 16:10, "A divine sentence (quesem) is in the lips of the king;" from which, passage the Jews interpret it a king: "without" whom Israel long has been (Hosea 3:4).

The ancient - old and experienced (1 Kings 12:6-8).

Isaiah 3:2

2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,