Isaia 3:7

7 egli, in quel giorno, alzerà la voce, dicendo: "Io non sarò vostro medico, e nella mia casa non v’è né pane né mantello; non mi fate capo del popolo!"

Isaia 3:7 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 3:7

In that day shall he swear
Or "lift up", that is, his hand ^F5, which was a gesture used in swearing, and therefore is so rendered; the meaning is, that he shall at once immediately give an answer, and for the solemn confirmation of it shall say an oath with it, saying, I will not be a healer,
or "a binder"; that is, of wounds, of political wounds, made in the nation, and which were incurable. See ( Isaiah 1:6 ) for the meaning is, that he neither was fit to be, nor could he be, a healer of the distempered state of the nation, it was so desperately bad. The Targum is,

``I am not fit to be a head or governor;''

and so Kimchi explains it of a governor, who, he says, is so called, because he binds and imprisons those that transgress his commands; and to this sense Jarchi and Abarbinel: for in my house [is] neither bread nor clothing;
not a sufficiency of either to support such grandeur and dignity; not enough to keep a proper table, and a suitable equipage: make me not a ruler of the people;
this shows that the state of the nation must be very bad indeed, that men, who are naturally ambitious of power and honour, should refuse government when offered to them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 (avy) "attollet manum", Piscator.

Isaia 3:7 In-Context

5 Il popolo sarà oppresso, uomo da uomo, ciascuno dal suo prossimo; il giovane insolentirà contro il vecchio, l’abietto contro colui che è onorato.

6 Quand’uno prenderà il fratello nella sua casa paterna e gli dirà: "Tu hai un mantello, sii nostro capo, prendi queste ruine sotto la tua mano",

7 egli, in quel giorno, alzerà la voce, dicendo: "Io non sarò vostro medico, e nella mia casa non v’è né pane né mantello; non mi fate capo del popolo!"

8 Poiché Gerusalemme vacilla e Giuda crolla, perché la loro lingua e le opere sono contro l’Eterno, sì da provocare ad ira il suo sguardo maestoso.

9 L’aspetto del loro volto testimonia contr’essi, pubblicano il loro peccato, come Sodoma, e non lo nascondono. Guai all’anima loro! perché procurano a se stessi del male.