Isaiah 3:25

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 King James Version (NKJV)Your men shall fall by the sword, And your mighty in the war.

Context of Isaiah 3:25

23mirrors, fine linen garments, head ornaments, and shawls. 24Instead of smelling of sweet perfume, she will stink. She will wear a rope for a sash, and her elegant hair will fall out. She will wear rough burlap instead of rich robes. Shame will replace her beauty. The men of the city will be killed with the sword, and her warriors will die in battle. 26The gates of Zion will weep and mourn. The city will be like a ravaged woman, huddled on the ground.

Isaiah 3:25 word by word

מְתַ֖יִךְ בַּחֶ֣רֶב יִפֹּ֑לוּ וּגְבוּרָתֵ֖ךְ בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thy menמַתmath · manH4962
• shall fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• by the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• and thy mightyגְּבוּרָהgebûrâh · mightH1369
• in the warמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421

Cross-references for Isaiah 3:25

• 2 Chronicles 29:9Because of this, our fathers have been killed in battle, and our sons and daughters and wives have been captured.
• Jeremiah 11:22So this is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says about them: “I will punish them! Their young men will die in battle, and their boys and girls will starve to death.
• Jeremiah 14:18If I go out into the fields, I see the bodies of people slaughtered by the enemy. If I walk the city streets, I see people who have died of starvation. The prophets and priests continue with their work, but they don’t know what they’re doing.”
• Jeremiah 18:21So let their children starve! Let them die by the sword! Let their wives become childless widows. Let their old men die in a plague, and let their young men be killed in battle!
• Jeremiah 19:7“‘For I will upset the careful plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will allow the people to be slaughtered by invading armies, and I will leave their dead bodies as food for the vultures and wild animals.
• Jeremiah 21:9Everyone who stays in Jerusalem will die from war, famine, or disease, but those who go out and surrender to the Babylonians will live. Their reward will be life!
• Lamentations 2:21“See them lying in the streets— young and old, boys and girls, killed by the swords of the enemy. You have killed them in your anger, slaughtering them without mercy.
• Amos 9:10But all the sinners will die by the sword— all those who say, ‘Nothing bad will happen to 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

Topics related to Isaiah 3:25

• Pride
• War

In the dictionaries

• Ancient
• Base
• Bravery
• Cunning
• Fruit
• Girding
• Grind
• Man
• Ornament
• Stay

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