Isa 3:1-3 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Isa 3:1-12: 3:1-12 These verses continue the subject of judgment against Israel’s leadership (see 1:23-25 ). The removal of leadership at all levels would allow the mob to gain control. Chaos and famine would turn Judah and Jerusalem into a social wasteland. 3:1 take away ... bread ... water: God had long ago warned of famine, with its horrible conditions that sometimes led to desperate acts, as one possible judgment for wickedness (Lev 26:26-29 ).

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‏ Isaiah 3:1-3

Summary for Isa 3:1-12: 3:1-12 ^a These verses continue the subject of judgment against Israel’s leadership (see 1:23-25 ^b). The removal of leadership at all levels would allow the mob to gain control. Chaos and famine would turn Judah and Jerusalem into a social wasteland. 3:1 ^c take away ... bread ... water: God had long ago warned of famine, with its horrible conditions that sometimes led to desperate acts, as one possible judgment for wickedness (Lev 26:26-29 ^d).
Summary for Isa 3:2-3: 3:2-3 ^e Regardless of their status, all military, civil, judicial, and religious leaders would be removed in the day of judgment (39:7 ^f; 2 Kgs 24:14-16 ^g). God would eventually give his people good leaders again (Isa 1:26 ^h) but not diviners and others who used pagan forms of revelation (47:9 ⁱ, 12-13 ^j; see Deut 18:10-12 ^k).