Every one by another and every one by his neighbor;
The child will be insolent toward the1 elder,
And the1 base toward the honorable.”
In the house of his father, saying,
“You have clothing;
You be our ruler,
And let these ruins be under your1 power,”
“I cannot cure your ills,
For in my house is neither food nor clothing;
Do not make me a ruler of the people.”
And Judah is fallen,
Because their tongue and their doings
Are against the Lord,
To provoke the eyes of His glory.
And they declare their sin as aSodom;
They do not hide it.
Woe to their soul!
For they have brought evil upon themselves.
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Isaiah 3:6
Such will be the want of men of wealth and ability, that they will "take hold of" (Isaiah 4:1) the first man whom they meet, having any property, to make him "ruler."
brother—one having no better hereditary claim to be ruler than the "man" supplicating him.
Thou hast clothing—which none of us has. Changes of raiment are wealth in the East (II Kings 5:5).
ruin—Let our ruined affairs be committed to thee to retrieve.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 3:6:
Ecclesiastes 10:18
Isaiah 3:26
Isaiah 7:6
Isaiah 34:12
Zechariah 3:4
Zechariah 8:23
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