Isaiah 3:5 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 3:5

The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable.

BSB

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ASV

And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.

KJV

And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Verse 5.) And the people will fall, man against man, each one against his neighbor: the young will rise up against the old, and the lowly against the noble. When the young become leaders and mockers of the Lord, as the prophetic word describes, then no order of dignity, age, or knowledge will be preserved; but the young will rebel against the elderly, and the lowly against the noble, and they will fall together. And that Apostolic saying will be fulfilled: biting each other, you have been consumed by each other (Galatians 5:15).

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And the people shall be oppressed - This describes the state of anarchy and confusion which would exist under the reign of children and babes Isa 3:4, when all law would be powerless, and all rights violated, and when the feeble would be oppressed and borne down by the strong. The word used here, properly denotes that “unjust exactions or demands” would be made, or that the people would be “urged” to fulfill them. Every one by another - In turn they shall oppress and vex one another.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְנִגַּ֣שׂ	ve.ni.Gas	and it will oppress	H5065 →
הָעָ֔ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
אִ֥ישׁ	'ish	each	H376 →
בְּאִ֖ישׁ	be.'Ish	<in> a person	H376 →
וְאִ֣ישׁ	ve.'Ish	and each	H376 →
בְּרֵעֵ֑הוּ	be.re.'E.hu	<in> neighbor his	H7453 →
יִרְהֲב֗וּ	yir.ha.Vu	they will act insolently	H7292 →
הַנַּ֙עַר֙	ha.Na.'ar	the youth[s]	H5288 →
בַּזָּקֵ֔ן	ba.za.Ken	in the old [person]	H2205 →
וְהַנִּקְלֶ֖ה	ve.ha.nik.Leh	and the lightly esteemed	H7034 →
בַּנִּכְבָּֽד׃	ba.nikh.Bad	in the honored	H3513 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Malachi 3:5
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud…
leads to
- James 5:8–9
  You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.
- Hebrews 13:4
  Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
- Deuteronomy 5:11
  You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.
- James 5:4
  Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
- Deuteronomy 27:19
  ‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Through
James 5:4
Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
leads to
- Leviticus 19:13
  You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
- Jeremiah 22:13
  “Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,
- Deuteronomy 24:14–15
  Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.

About Isaiah

The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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