Tree of Life Version
Isaiah 3:7
7In that day he will protest, saying: “I’m no healer! In my house is no bread or cloak. Don’t make me a ruler of people!”
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
5The people will oppress one another— each one by his fellow, each one by his neighbor. The child will be insolent to the aged, and dishonorable to the honorable. 6When a man takes hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying: “You have a cloak, you be our ruler! This ruin is under your charge.” In that day he will protest, saying: “I’m no healer! In my house is no bread or cloak. Don’t make me a ruler of people!” 8For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah is fallen. For their tongue and their actions are against Adonai, defying the eyes of His glory. 9The expression of their faces bears witness against them. They display their sin like Sodom— they do not hide it. Oy , their souls! For they brought evil on themselves.
Read all of Isaiah 3Isaiah 3:7 word by word
יִשָּׂא֩ בַיּ֨וֹם הַה֤וּא׀ לֵאמֹר֙ לֹא־אֶהְיֶ֣ה חֹבֵ֔שׁ וּבְבֵיתִ֕י אֵ֥ין לֶ֖חֶם וְאֵ֣ין שִׂמְלָ֑ה לֹ֥א תְשִׂימֻ֖נִי קְצִ֥ין עָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- In that dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- shall he swearנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: loudH5375
- sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- I will not be an healerחָבַשׁchâbash · to saddle/tieH2280
- for in my houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
- neither breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
- nor clothingשִׂמְלָהώimlâh · mantleH8071
- makeשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
- me not a rulerקָצִיןqâtsîyn · chiefH7101
- of the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
Cross-references for Isaiah 3:7
- Genesis 14:22But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I raise my hand in oath to Adonai, El Elyon, Creator of heaven and earth.
- Deuteronomy 32:40“Yes, I lift My hand up to heaven and say, ‘As I Myself live forever,
- Revelation 10:5Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand toward heaven
- Isaiah 58:12Some of you will rebuild the ancient ruins, will raise up the age-old foundations, will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of Streets for Dwelling.
- Jeremiah 14:19Have You utterly rejected Judah? Has Your soul loathed Zion? Why have You smitten us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for shalom, but nothing good came, and for a time of healing, but suddenly, terror!
- Lamentations 2:13How can I admonish you? To what can I compare you, O daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, so that I might console you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea! Who can heal you?
- Hosea 5:13When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, Ephraim went to Assyria and sent envoys to a warring king. But he cannot heal you nor will he cure your wound.
- Hosea 6:1Come, let us return to Adonai. For He has torn, but He will heal us. He has smitten, but He will bind us up.
- Nehemiah 5:17Furthermore, 150 Judeans and officials, as well as those that came to us from the nations around us, were at my table.
- Isaiah 59:16He saw that there was no one— He was astonished that no one was interceding. Therefore His own arm brought salvation for Him, and His righteousness upheld 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
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