Isaiah 3:7

7 He will protest on that day, saying, "I will not be your 1healer, For in my house there is neither bread nor cloak; You should not appoint me ruler of the people."

Isaiah 3:7 In-Context

5 And the people will be oppressed, Each one by another, and each one by his neighbor; The youth will storm against the elder And the inferior against the honorable.
6 When a man lays hold of his brother in his father's house, saying, "You have a cloak, you shall be our ruler, And these ruins will be under your charge,"
7 He will protest on that day, saying, "I will not be your healer, For in my house there is neither bread nor cloak; You should not appoint me ruler of the people."
8 For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen, Because their speech and their actions are against the LORD , To rebel against His glorious presence.
9 The expression of their faces bears witness against them, And they display their sin like Sodom; They do not even conceal it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil on themselves.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Ezekiel 34:4; Hosea 5:13

Footnotes 2

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