New King James Version
Isaiah 3:25
25Your men shall fall by the sword, And your mighty in the war.
Isaiah 3:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
- New International Version (NIV)Your men will fall by the sword, your warriors in battle.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Your men shall fall by the sword and your mighty men in battle.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The men of the city will be killed with the sword, and her warriors will die in battle.
Context of Isaiah 3:25
23and the mirrors; The fine linen, the turbans, and the robes. 24And so it shall be: Instead of a sweet smell there will be a stench; Instead of a sash, a rope; Instead of well-set hair, baldness; Instead of a rich robe, a girding of sackcloth; And branding instead of beauty. Your men shall fall by the sword, And your mighty in the war. 26Her gates shall lament and mourn, And she being desolate shall sit on the ground.
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מְתַ֖יִךְ בַּחֶ֣רֶב יִפֹּ֑לוּ וּגְבוּרָתֵ֖ךְ בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 3:25
- 2 Chronicles 29:9For indeed, because of this our fathers have fallen by the sword; and our sons, our daughters, and our wives are in captivity.
- Jeremiah 11:22therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Behold, I will punish them. The young men shall die by the sword, their sons and their daughters shall die by famine;
- Jeremiah 14:18If I go out to the field, Then behold, those slain with the sword! And if I enter the city, Then behold, those sick from famine! Yes, both prophet and priest go about in a land they do not know.’ ”
- Jeremiah 18:21Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, And pour out their blood By the force of the sword; Let their wives become widows And bereaved of their children. Let their men be put to death, Their young men be slain By the sword in battle.
- Jeremiah 19:7And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hands of those who seek their lives; their corpses I will give as meat for the birds of the heaven and for the beasts of the earth.
- Jeremiah 21:9He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence; but he who goes out and defects to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be as a prize to him.
- Lamentations 2:21“Young and old lie On the ground in the streets; My virgins and my young men Have fallen by the sword; You have slain them in the day of Your anger, You have slaughtered and not pitied.
- Amos 9:10All the sinners of My people shall die by the sword, Who say, ‘The calamity shall not overtake nor confront us.’
Commentaries on Isaiah 3:25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25Thy mighty men - For גבורתך geburathech an ancient MS. has גבורך gibborech . The true reading, from the Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac, and Chaldee, seems to be גבוריך gibborayich .Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25Thy men - This is an address to Jerusalem itself, by a change not uncommon in the writings of Isaiah. In the calamities coming on them, their strong men should be overcome, and fall in battle.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-26Verses 16-26 The prophet reproves and warns the daughters of Zion of the sufferings coming upon them. Let them know that God notices the folly and vanity of proud women, even of their dress. The punishments threatened answered the sin. Loathsome diseases often are the just punishment of pride. It is not material to ask what sort of ornaments they wore; many of these things, if they had not been in fashion, would have been ridiculed then as now. Their…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25Your men will fall … in battle: Part of the city’s hopeless destitution (extreme poverty and loss) would be the deaths of the men.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. Thy men--of Jerusalem.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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