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Isaiah 3:1 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 3 · verse 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.Isaiah 3:1 · King James Version
Isaiah 3:1 in context
1For, 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.
2The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,
3The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- JerusalemYᵉrûwshâlaimJerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of PalestineH3389 →
- hoststsâbâʼa mass of persons , especially reg. organized forwarH6635 →
- JudahYᵉhûwdâhJehudah , the name of five IsraelitesH3063 →
- staffmishʻênâhsupportH4938 →
- breadlechemfood , especially bread, or grainH3899 →
- wholekôlproperly, the wholeH3605 →
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The prophet, in the close of the foregoing chapter, had given a necessary caution to all not to put confidence in man, or any creature; he had also given a general reason for that caution, taken from the frailty of human life and the vanity and weakness of human powers.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8