Isaiah 3:25

25 Your finest fighting men will be killed, your soldiers left dead on the battlefield.

Isaiah 3:25 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 3:25

Thy men shall fall by the sword
Of the Romans; which would be a punishment to the women for their pride and luxury, being deprived thereby of their husbands: and thy mighty in the war;
of Vespasian and Titus, and which the Jews ^F9 call (ownyopoa lv owmlwp) , "the war of Vespasian": in which great multitudes of men, even of mighty men, were slain.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 Misn. Sabbat, c. 6. sect. 3.

Isaiah 3:25 In-Context

23 all the world's finest in fabrics and design.

24 Instead of wearing seductive scents, these women are going to smell like rotting cabbages; Instead of modeling flowing gowns, they'll be sporting rags; Instead of their stylish hairdos, scruffy heads; Instead of beauty marks, scabs and scars.

25 Your finest fighting men will be killed, your soldiers left dead on the battlefield.

26 The entrance gate to Zion will be clotted with people mourning their dead - A city stooped under the weight of her loss, brought to her knees by her sorrows.