Isaiah 3:7

Isaiah 3:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)But in that day he will cry out, “I have no remedy. I have no food or clothing in my house; do not make me the leader of the people.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)in that day he will speak out, saying: "I will not be a healer; in my house there is neither bread nor cloak; you shall not make me leader of the people."
• New King James Version (NKJV)In that day he will protest, saying, “I cannot cure your ills, For in my house is neither food nor clothing; Do not make me a ruler of the people.”

Context of Isaiah 3:7

5And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the elder, and the base against the honourable. 6When 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. 8For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory. 9The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe to their soul! for they have rewarded evil to themselves.

Isaiah 3:7 word by word

יִשָּׂא֩ בַיּ֨וֹם הַה֤וּא׀ לֵאמֹר֙ לֹא־אֶהְיֶ֣ה חֹבֵ֔שׁ וּבְבֵיתִ֕י אֵ֥ין לֶ֖חֶם וְאֵ֣ין שִׂמְלָ֑ה לֹ֥א תְשִׂימֻ֖נִי קְצִ֥ין עָֽם׃Read the interlinear

• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• swearנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: loudH5375
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• healerחָבַשׁchâbash · to saddle/tieH2280
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
• clothingשִׂמְלָהώimlâh · mantleH8071
• makeשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• rulerקָצִיןqâtsîyn · chiefH7101
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971

Cross-references for Isaiah 3:7

• Genesis 14:22And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted my hand to the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
• Deuteronomy 32:40For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
• Revelation 10:5And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
• Isaiah 58:12And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
• Jeremiah 14:19Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul abhorred Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!
• Lamentations 2:13What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?
• Hosea 5:13When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then Ephraim went to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet he could not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.
• Hosea 6:1Come, and let us return to the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
• 1 Kings 4:22And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal,
• Nehemiah 5:17Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, besides those that came to us from among the heathen that were about us.
• Isaiah 59:16And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation to him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.

Commentaries on Isaiah 3:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7In that day shall he swear "Then shall he openly declare" - The Septuagint, Syriac, and Jerome, read וישא veyissa, adding the conjunction, which seems necessary in this place. I will not be a healer - I am noy a leche. - Old MS. Bible. Leech was the ancient English word for a physician. For in my house is neither bread nor clothing "For in my house is neither bread nor raiment" - "It is customary through all the East," says Sir J. Chardin, "to gather…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7In that day shall he swear - Hebrew, ישׁא yı̂shā' Shall he lift up‘ - that is, the voice, or the hand. To lift up the hand was one of the modes of taking an oath. Perhaps it means only that he should lift up “the voice” - that is, “should answer;” compare Numbers 14:1. The Vulgate, the Septuagint, and the Chaldee, read it simply he shall answer.‘ I will not be an healer - Hebrew, a binder up,‘ Isaiah 1:6. The Vulgate renders it, I am not a physician.‘…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7Things would be so bad (this heap of rubble) that no one would want to lead. The people would become so desperate that anyone offering food or clothes could lead them (Isaiah 3:7). However, no one would actually have food or clothing (see Isaiah 4:1).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. swear--literally, "lift up," namely, his hand; the gesture used in solemn attestation. Or, his voice, that is, answer; so Vulgate. healer--of the body politic, incurably diseased (Is 1:6). neither ... clothing--so as to relieve the people and maintain a ruler's dignity. A nation's state must be bad indeed, when none among men, naturally ambitious, is willing to accept office.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