Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
(See Isaiah 3:4).
oppressors—literally, "exactors," that is, exacting princes (Isaiah 60:17). They who ought to be protectors are exactors; as unqualified for rule as "children," as effeminate as "women." Perhaps it is also implied that they were under the influence of their harem, the women of their court.
lead—Hebrew, "call thee blessed"; namely, the false prophets, who flatter the people with promises of safety in sin; as the political "rulers" are meant in the first clause.
way of thy paths— (Jeremiah 6:16). The right way set forth in the law. "Destroy"—Hebrew, "Swallow up," that is, cause so utterly to disappear that not a vestige of it is left.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 3:12:
Isaiah 3:4
Isaiah 3:14
Isaiah 7:6
Isaiah 9:16
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