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Isaiah 3:2

Judgment

1 For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,

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

3 The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.

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

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
the mighty man and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the soothsayer and the elder,
KJV
The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,
WEB
the mighty man, the man of war, the judge, the prophet, the diviner, the elder,
ASV
the mighty man, and the man of war; the judge, and the prophet, and the diviner, and the elder;
DARBY
the mighty man and the man of war, the judge and the prophet, and the diviner and the elder,
BLB
the mighty one and the man of war, the judge and the prophet, and the diviner and the elder,
ÅB
helt og krigsmann, dommer og profet, spåmann og eldste,
OTB
Den mektige mannen og krigeren, dommeren og profeten, spåmannen og den eldste,
B1930
helt og krigsmann, dommer og profet, spåmann og eldste,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Kings 24:14–16

    And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.

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  • Isaiah 9:14–15

    Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.

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  • Ezekiel 8:12

    Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.

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  • Amos 2:3

    And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.

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  • Ezekiel 9:5

    And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:

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  • Isaiah 2:13–15

    And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,

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  • Psalms 74:9

    We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.

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  • Lamentations 5:12–14

    Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.

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