Isaiah 3 Footnotes

3:16-24 Isaiah portrayed the judgment of the proud women of Jerusalem in graphic and gruesome word pictures. His description was a realistic portrayal of what would happen should the army of another ancient Near Eastern nation conquer Jerusalem. The enemy would respect neither men, women, nor children, but would savagely abuse and slaughter them. Such would be the Lord’s judgment if the wealthy women of Jerusalem, with the leaders of Judah, failed to repent of their pride and oppression of the poor (see vv. 13-15). In seeking to move them to repentance, the prophet did not gloss over the possible consequence of continuing disregard for the ways of the Lord. Jerusalem’s women would not be excused from punishment, for they participated with their husbands in the corruption of the culture (see the women of Samaria, Am 4:1). God will humble the proud and he alone will be exalted (Is 2:12,17).