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Isaiah 3:8 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory. "
Isaiah 3:8
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When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:
In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.
For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil
Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
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Isaiah 3:1
"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 3:2
"The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,"
Isaiah 3:3
"The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator."
Isaiah 3:4
"And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule"
Isaiah 3:5
"And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable."
Isaiah 3:6
"When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:"
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