
Text -- Isaiah 3:10 (NET)




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Wesley -> Isa 3:10
O ye priests and Levites, that God will be their safeguard and portion.
JFB: Isa 3:10 - -- The faithlessness of many is no proof that all are faithless. Though nothing but croaking of frogs is heard on the surface of the pool, we are not to ...
The faithlessness of many is no proof that all are faithless. Though nothing but croaking of frogs is heard on the surface of the pool, we are not to infer there are no fish beneath [BENGEL]. (See Isa 1:19-20).

JFB: Isa 3:10 - -- (Pro 1:31) in a good sense (Gal 6:8; Rev 22:14). Not salvation by works, but by fruit-bearing faith (Isa 45:24; Jer 23:6). GESENIUS and WEISS transla...
Clarke -> Isa 3:10
Clarke: Isa 3:10 - -- Say ye to the righteous - לצדיק letsaddik , the ל lamed is added here by one MS. and the Chaldee. The righteous is the person
1. &nbs...
Say ye to the righteous -
1. Who fears God
2. Departs from evil
3. Walks according to the testimony of God
4. And expects and prepares for a glorious immortality
"Pronounce ye."- The reading of this verse is very dubious. The Septuagint for
"It shall be well with him:"-
1. In prosperity
2. In adversity
3. In sickness
4. In health
5. In death
6. In judgment. And
7. Through eternit
In every case, occurrence, and circumstance, he shall eat the fruit of his doings - he shall derive benefit from being a righteous man, and walking in a righteous way.
Calvin -> Isa 3:10
Calvin: Isa 3:10 - -- 10.Say, it shall be well with the righteous Before quoting the opinions of others, I shall point out the true meaning As punishments so severe common...
10.Say, it shall be well with the righteous Before quoting the opinions of others, I shall point out the true meaning As punishments so severe commonly present to pious minds an exceedingly sharp temptation, and especially since hardly any public calamities occur which do not involve good men along with the bad; so the Prophet — at least, in my opinion — reminds them of the providence of God, which never confounds anything, but even, when there is apparent confusion, never ceases to distinguish between good and bad men.
But there are various ways in which this passage is explained; for some render it, “Say to the righteous man, because he is good, therefore he shall eat the fruit of his hands.” From that interpretation this meaning is obtained: “I wish and command the godly to be of good cheer; for with whatever severity I may punish the crimes of the nation, still it shall be well with the godly.” But a more suitable meaning is this: Say; that is, hold it to be a settled point; for in Scripture to say often means to think, and to be convinced; as David writes, I said, I will take heed to thy ways, (Psa 39:1,) and in a thousand instances of the same kind; so that he does not bid them tell the righteous man, but he bids every man be fully convinced, that happy will be the condition of the righteous man, though he may only appear to be unhappy.
Besides, I consider
TSK -> Isa 3:10
TSK: Isa 3:10 - -- Say ye : Isa 26:20,Isa 26:21; Ecc 8:12; Jer 15:11; Eze 9:4, Eze 18:9-19; Zep 2:3; Mal 3:18; Rom 2:5-11
they shall eat : Psa 18:23, Psa 18:24, Psa 128:...

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Barnes -> Isa 3:10
Barnes: Isa 3:10 - -- Say ye to the righteous - The meaning of this verse and the following is sufficiently plain, though expositors have given some variety of inter...
Say ye to the righteous - The meaning of this verse and the following is sufficiently plain, though expositors have given some variety of interpretation. They declare a great principle of the divine administration similar to what is stated in Isa 1:19-20. Lowth reads it, ‘ Pronounce ye a blessing on the just; verily good (shall be to him).’
That it shall be well ... - The word rendered ‘ well,’ means ‘ good.’ The sense evidently is, that in the divine administration it shall be well to be righteous. The Septuagint has rendered this in a remarkable manner, connecting it with the previous verse: ‘ Wo unto their soul, for they take evil counsel among themselves, saying, ‘ Let us bind the righteous, for he is troublesome unto us:’ therefore, they shall eat the fruit of their doings.’
They shall eat ... - That is, they shall receive the appropriate "reward"of their works, and that reward shall be happiness. As a farmer who sows his field and cultivates his farm, eats the fruit of his labor, so shall it be with the righteous. A similar expression is found in Pro 1:31 :
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way,
And be filled with their own devices.
Also Jer 6:19 : ‘ I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thought;’ compare Gal 6:8.
Poole -> Isa 3:10
Poole: Isa 3:10 - -- Say ye: God hath said it, and doth now by me say it; and you, O ye priests and Levites, say it in your sermons to the people.
They shall eat the fru...
Say ye: God hath said it, and doth now by me say it; and you, O ye priests and Levites, say it in your sermons to the people.
They shall eat the fruit of their doings let not them fear, for God will be their safeguard and portion in the common calamity.
Haydock -> Isa 3:10
Haydock: Isa 3:10 - -- Well. Jeremias (xxxix. 11.) was treated by the enemy with great respect. Septuagint, "having said, let us bind the just man, for he is troublesome,...
Well. Jeremias (xxxix. 11.) was treated by the enemy with great respect. Septuagint, "having said, let us bind the just man, for he is troublesome, (Haydock) or displeasing (Calmet) to us. Hence they," &c. (Haydock) (Wisdom ii. 12.) Many of the Fathers quote it thus. But our version agrees well with the original, as Isaias joins consoling predictions with those which are of a distressing nature. (Calmet) ---
Yet the Septuagint seem to have thrown light on the Hebrew by supplying an omission from the book of Wisdom. (Houbigant) ---
Thus all must be explained of the wicked, whose malice shall be punished. ---
He shall. St. Jerome and all versions read, "they shall eat the fruit of their doings, or devices." Fructum adinventionum suarum comedent. (Haydock) ---
All who hear of this must applaud the just God for acting well in their punishment. According to the Septuagint, Christ and his adversaries are clearly pointed out. (Calmet)
Gill -> Isa 3:10
Gill: Isa 3:10 - -- Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him,.... The Lord always has some righteous ones, in the worst of times, whom he can and does di...
Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him,.... The Lord always has some righteous ones, in the worst of times, whom he can and does distinguish, single out, and take care of; and it is his will that they should be comforted by his prophets and ministers, who seem to be the persons to whom these words are directed, lest they should be distressed with what is said unto, and what they see is coming upon, the world, or upon a nation in general: and it will be, and is well with such, when calamities are on a nation, in a time of famine, war, or pestilence, under any affliction whatever at death, and at judgment, and to all eternity; the Lord has the highest regard for them; Christ's righteousness, by which they are denominated righteous, secures them from wrath, and entitles them to glory; they are blessed now, and will be happy hereafter. So the Targum,
"say ye to the righteous, ye are blessed,''
pronounce them such as they are: some render it, "say to the righteous, that he do good" i; exhort him, excite and encourage him, to it; such who have believed in Christ for righteousness ought to be careful to maintain good works: others, "say to the righteous", own him, speak well of him, "for it is good"; or say to him, "that he is good" k, a happy man. The Septuagint and Arabic versions, very foreign from the text, and sense of it, render the words, "saying, let us bind the just man, for he is unprofitable to us"; as if they were the words of the wicked Jews, respecting Christ, the just One, so called sarcastically by them: and the reason of the righteous man's happiness follows:
for they shall eat the fruit of their doings: both of what Christ has done for them, as their Head and representative, by whose righteousness they are justified; and of what they have done themselves, under the influence of his Spirit and grace; which being done from a principle of grace, are rewarded with a reward of grace, and not of debt; such enjoy a peace of conscience now, which is the work and effect of righteousness, and shall receive the reward of the inheritance, which is not of the law, but by promise, and of faith, and so by grace.

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TSK Synopsis -> Isa 3:1-26
TSK Synopsis: Isa 3:1-26 - --1 The great calamities which come by sin.10 The different reward of the righteous and wicked.12 The oppression and covetousness of the rulers.16 The j...
MHCC -> Isa 3:10-15
MHCC: Isa 3:10-15 - --The rule was certain; however there might be national prosperity or trouble, it would be well with the righteous and ill with the wicked. Blessed be G...
Matthew Henry -> Isa 3:9-15
Matthew Henry: Isa 3:9-15 - -- Here God proceeds in his controversy with his people. Observe, I. The ground of his controversy. It was for sin that God contended with them; if the...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Isa 3:10-11
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