Isaiah 3

Isaiah 3:1-26

Isaiah 3:8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory. Isaiah 3:8 — Comments - Isaiah’s ministry is dated approximately 755 B.C. to 701 B.C. (Isaiah 1:1) Thus, it would be another one hundred years before his prophecy of Jerusalem’s ruin in Isaiah 3:8 would be fulfilled.

1. Uzziah - Eleventh king of Judah 809-8 to 757-6 B.C., reigned 52 years.2. Jotham - Twelfth king of Judah, 758 - 741 B.C., reigned 16 years.
2. Ahaz - Thirteenth king of Judah, 741-726 B.C., reigned about 16 years.
3. Hezekiah - Fourteenth king of Judah, 726 - 701 B.C., reigned 25 years. Isaiah 3:24 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty. Isaiah 3:24 — Comments - In Isaiah 3:24 we have a contrast between a lady who is dressed in luxuries compared with one who is in deep sorrow. The possible allusions to ancient Eastern customs of mourning are:
4. “stink” - Sitting on a dung heap like Job.
5. “a rent” - Renting mantle.
6. “baldness” - Shaving head.
7. “a girding of sackcloth” - Putting on sack cloth.
8. “burning” - Dusting oneself with ashes.