The Meaning of Isaiah 3:7 Explained

Isaiah 3:7

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.

YLT: He lifteth up, in that day, saying: 'I am not a binder up, And in my house is neither bread nor garment, Ye do not make me a ruler of the people.'

Darby: he will lift up his hand in that day, saying, I cannot be a healer, and in my house there is neither bread nor clothing; ye shall not make me a chief of the people.

ASV: in that day shall he lift up his voice , saying, I will not be a healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: ye shall not make me ruler of the people.

Discover Isaiah 3:7

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Isaiah 3:7?

MEANING: What does Isaiah 3:7 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Isaiah 3:7 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Isaiah 3:7?

What is the context of Isaiah 3:7?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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.

What does Isaiah 3:7 Mean?

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 3:7 mean?

he will protest in day that saying cannot I cure [your] ills for in my house [is] no food and no clothing not do make me a ruler of the people

יִשָּׂא֩ בַיּ֨וֹם הַה֤וּא ׀ לֵאמֹר֙ לֹא־ אֶהְיֶ֣ה חֹבֵ֔שׁ וּבְבֵיתִ֕י אֵ֥ין לֶ֖חֶם וְאֵ֣ין שִׂמְלָ֑ה לֹ֥א תְשִׂימֻ֖נִי קְצִ֥ין עָֽם

יִשָּׂא֩	he will protest
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: נָשָׂא Sense: to lift, bear up, carry, take.
בַיּ֨וֹם	in day
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: יׄום Sense: day, time, year.
הַה֤וּא ׀	that
Parse: Article, Pronoun, third person masculine singular Root: הוּא Sense: he, she, it.
לֵאמֹר֙	saying
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
לֹא־	cannot
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle Root: הֲלֹא Sense: not, no.
חֹבֵ֔שׁ	cure [your] ills
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular Root: חָבַשׁ Sense: to tie, bind, bind on, bind up, saddle, restrain, bandage, govern.
וּבְבֵיתִ֕י	for in my house
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular Root: בַּיִת Sense: house.
אֵ֥ין	[is] no
Parse: Adverb Root: אַיִן Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
לֶ֖חֶם	food
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: לֶחֶם Sense: bread, food, grain.
וְאֵ֣ין	and no
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb Root: אַיִן Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
שִׂמְלָ֑ה	clothing
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: שִׂמְלָה Sense: wrapper, mantle, covering garment, garments, clothes, raiment, a cloth.
תְשִׂימֻ֖נִי	do make me
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural, first person common singular Root: שׂוּמָה Sense: to put, place, set, appoint, make.
קְצִ֥ין	a ruler
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: קָצִין Sense: chief, ruler, commander.
עָֽם	of the people
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: עַם Sense: nation, people.

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