The Meaning of Isaiah 3:1 Explained

Isaiah 3:1

KJV: For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,

YLT: For, lo, the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is turning aside from Jerusalem, And from Judah, stay and staff, Every stay of bread, and every stay of water.

Darby: For behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, will take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,

ASV: For, behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water;

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Isaiah 3:1?

MEANING: What does Isaiah 3:1 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Isaiah 3:1 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Isaiah 3:1?

What is the context of Isaiah 3:1?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,

What does Isaiah 3:1 Mean?

Verse Meaning

"For" ties this section to the argument of Isaiah 2:6-22. "Behold" (Heb. hinneh) commonly introduces a threat in prophetic material. The multiple names of God again hint at judgment to come (cf. Isaiah 1:24; Isaiah 10:16; Isaiah 10:33; Isaiah 19:4). God was going to remove what was essential from Judah and Jerusalem. "Supply" (Heb. mash"en) and "support" (Heb. mash"ena) are masculine and feminine forms of the same word in Hebrew, meaning a staff, suggesting that every type of support will be removed. The figures of bread and water stand for food and drink-famine will come-but in a larger sense these things also represent all that is essential to the nation.

Context Summary

Isaiah 3:1-12 - An Exhortation To Humility And Reverence

If men will not repent, they must suffer. If they will not voluntarily put away their idols and sorceries, they will be compelled to do so in the anguish of their disappointment with their helpless deities, Isaiah 2:20. Nothing in that great civilization would be spared. High towers, fenced walls, ships, treasures, armor-all would perish. Their vaunted faith in man would cease. Life would become elemental in its simplicity amid the shelter of the ragged rocks. In sarcastic phrase the prophet depicts a despairing nation choosing for ruler the first man that came along with a decent coat on his back, Isaiah 2:6; but in vain. We can almost hear the sob of the prophet's soul in Isaiah 2:8-9, and recall the tears of a greater than Isaiah, Who wept over this same Jerusalem eight hundred years afterward. Patriotism is one of the purest passions that can burn in the heart of man! "Lives there a man, with soul so dead, that never to himself has said, This is my own, my native land!" [source]

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 3

¹ The great calamities which come by sin
¹⁰ The different rewards of the righteous and wicked
¹² The oppression and covetousness of the rulers
¹⁶ The judgments which shall be for the pride of the women
²⁵ The general desolation

What do the individual words in Isaiah 3:1 mean?

For behold the Lord Yahweh of hosts Takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stock and the store the whole supply of bread and the whole of water

כִּי֩ הִנֵּ֨ה הָאָד֜וֹן יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֗וֹת מֵסִ֤יר מִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ וּמִ֣יהוּדָ֔ה מַשְׁעֵ֖ן וּמַשְׁעֵנָ֑ה כֹּ֚ל מִשְׁעַן־ לֶ֔חֶם וְכֹ֖ל מָֽיִם

הִנֵּ֨ה	behold
Parse: Interjection Root: הִנֵּה Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
הָאָד֜וֹן	the Lord
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: אָדֹון Sense: firm, strong, lord, master.
יְהוָ֣ה	Yahweh
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יהוה Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
צְבָא֗וֹת	of hosts
Parse: Noun, common plural Root: צָבָא Sense: that which goes forth, army, war, warfare, host.
מֵסִ֤יר	Takes away
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine singular Root: סוּר Sense: to turn aside, depart.
מִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙	from Jerusalem
Parse: Preposition-m, Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: יְרוּשָׁלַםִ Sense: the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split.
וּמִ֣יהוּדָ֔ה	and from Judah
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יְהוּדָה Sense: the son of Jacob by Leah.
מַשְׁעֵ֖ן	the stock
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: מִשְׁעָן Sense: support, staff.
וּמַשְׁעֵנָ֑ה	and the store
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular Root: מַשְׁעֵנָה Sense: support (of every kind), staff.
כֹּ֚ל	the whole
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: כֹּל Sense: all, the whole.
מִשְׁעַן־	supply
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: מִשְׁעָן Sense: support, staff.
לֶ֔חֶם	of bread
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: לֶחֶם Sense: bread, food, grain.
וְכֹ֖ל	and the whole
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: כֹּל Sense: all, the whole.
מָֽיִם	of water
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: מַיִם Sense: water, waters.

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