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Isaiah 3:7

Isaiah 3:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

swear: Heb. lift up the hand, ; ;

healer: Heb. binder up, ; ; ; ,

neither bread: Princes and great men in the East, as Sir J. Chardin testifies, are obliged to have a great stock of clothes in readiness for presents on all occasions; and a great quantity of provisions for the table is equally necessary (see . ). Hence the person desired to undertake the government, alleges as an excuse that he is not able to support the dignity of his station.

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