Isaiah 3:6
Douay-Rheims
For a man shall take hold or his brother, one of the house of his father, saying: Thou hast a garment, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Such will be the want of men of wealth and ability, that they will "take hold of" (Isa 4:1) the first man whom they meet, having any property, to make him "ruler." brother--one having no better hereditary claim to be ruler than the "man" supplicating him. Thou hast clothing--which none of us has. Changes of raiment are wealth in the East (Kg2 5:5). ruin--Let our ruined affairs be committed to thee to retrieve.
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1871 · Isaiah 3:6
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