Isaiah 3:1-26 EXPOSITION Isa 3:25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war. Isa 3:26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground. Isa_3:25 Thy men; rather, thy people; i.e. the inhabitants of Jerusalem generally. Note here the first distinct statement that the coming visitation will be one of war. Isa_3:26 Her gates. The sudden change of person is common in Oriental poetry. Shall lament and mourn. On account of their destruction, which would be very complete (see Lam_1:4; Lam_2:9; Neh_1:3; Neh_2:13). Conquerors could not do more than break breaches in the walls of a town, but they carefully destroyed the gates. Being desolate; or, emptied—plundered of everything, and so far cleansed from her abominations. Shall sit upon the ground. In deep grief (see Job_2:13; and comp. Isa_47:1; Lam_2:10). So in the coin of Vespasian, the captive Judah (Judea capta) sits upon the ground. Pulpit
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