31 For behold , the Lord GOD of hosts is going to remove from Jerusalem and Judah Both supply and support , the whole supply of bread And the whole supply of water ; 2 The mighty man and the warrior , The judge and the prophet , The diviner and the elder , 3 The captain of fifty and the honorable e man, The counselor and the expert artisan , And the skillful enchanter . 4 And I will make mere lads their princes , And capricious children will rule over them, 5 And the people will be oppressed , Each one by another , and each one by his neighbor ; The youth will storm against the elder And the inferior against the honorable . 6 When a man lays hold of his brother in his father's house , saying, "You have a cloak , you shall be our ruler , And these ruins will be under your charge ," 7 He will protest on that day , saying , "I will not be your healer , For in my house there is neither bread nor cloak ; You should not appoint me ruler of the people ." 8 For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen , Because their speech and their actions are against the Lord , To rebel against His glorious presence .
9 The expression of their faces bears witness against them, And they display their sin like Sodom ; They do not even conceal it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil on themselves.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Isaiah 3:1-9
Commentary on Isaiah 3:1-9
(Read Isaiah 3:1-9)
God was about to deprive Judah of every stay and support. The city and the land were to be made desolate, because their words and works had been rebellious against the Lord; even at his holy temple. If men do not stay themselves upon God, he will soon remove all other supports, and then they must sink. Christ is the Bread of life and the Water of life; if he be our Stay, we shall find that is a good part not to be taken away, John 6:27. Here note, 1. That the condition of sinners is exceedingly woful. 2. It is the soul that is damaged by sin. 3. Whatever evil befals sinners, be sure that they bring it on themselves.