Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 3:12

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12. (See :- ). oppressors —literally, "exactors," that is, exacting princes ( :- ). 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 — ( :- ). 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. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-13" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-isa-3-001

절 (explains)

bible-text/isa-3-12

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological