Text -- Isaiah 3:3 (NET)

3:3 captains of groups of fifty, the respected citizens, advisers and those skilled in magical arts, and those who know incantations.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Isa 3:3

¹ tn Heb “the ones lifted up with respect to the face.” For another example of the Hebrew idiom, see 2 Kgs 5:1.

² tn Heb “and the wise with respect to magic.” On the meaning of חֲרָשִׁים (kharashim, “magic”), see HALOT 358 s.v. III חרשׁ. Some understand here a homonym, meaning “craftsmen.” In this case, one could translate, “skilled craftsmen” (cf. NIV, NASB).