Isaiah 3:25

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹⁶The LORD says, "Because the daughters of Zion are haughty-walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles- ¹⁷the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare. ¹⁸In that day the Lord will take away the finery of their anklets and headbands and crescents, ¹⁹their pendants, bracelets, and veils, ²⁰their headdresses, ankle chains, and sashes, their perfume bottles and charms; ²¹their signet rings and nose rings, ²²their festive robes, capes, cloaks, and purses, ²³and their mirrors, linen garments, tiaras, and shawls. ²⁴Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of styled hair, baldness; instead of fine clothes, sackcloth; instead of beauty, branding. ²⁵Your men will fall by the sword, and your warriors in battle.

Bible Verse Review
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Thy men: 2 Chronicles 29:9, Jeremiah 11:22, Jeremiah 14:18, Jeremiah 18:21, Jeremiah 19:7, Jeremiah 21:9, Lamentations 2:21, Amos 9:10

mighty: Heb. might

Reciprocal: Isaiah 4:1 - seven Isaiah 65:12 - will I Jeremiah 15:8 - widows

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thy men shall fall by the sword,.... Of the Romans; which would be a punishment to the women for their pride and luxury, being deprived thereby of their husbands:

and thy mighty in the war; of Vespasian and Titus, and which the Jews i call פולמוס של אספסינוס, "the war of Vespasian": in which great multitudes of men, even of mighty men, were slain.

i Misn. Sabbat, c. 6. sect. 3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thy 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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 3:25. Thy 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.