Isaiah 3:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

The strong man, & the man of warre, the iudge and the prophet, the prudent and the aged,

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  • Ezek 17:13 : 13 And hath taken one of the Kings seede, and made a couenant with him, & hath taken an othe of him: he hath also taken the princes of the land,
  • Amos 2:3 : 3 And I will cut off the iudge out of the mids thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, sayth the Lord.
  • 2 Kgs 24:14-16 : 14 And he caryed away all Ierusalem, and all the princes, and all the strong men of warre, euen ten thousande into captiuitie, and all the workemen, and cunning men: so none remained sauing the poore people of the lande. 15 And he caryed away Iehoiachin into Babel, and the Kings mother, and the Kinges wiues, and his eunuches, and the mightie of the lande caryed he away into captiuitie from Ierusalem to Babel, 16 And al the men of warre, euen seuen thousand, and carpenters, & lockesmithes a thousande: all that were strong and apt for warre, did the King of Babel bring to Babel captiues.
  • Ps 74:9 : 9 We see not our signes: there is not one Prophet more, nor any with vs that knoweth howe long.
  • Isa 2:13-15 : 13 Euen vpon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are hie & exalted, & vpon all the okes of Bashan, 14 And vpon all the hie mountaines, and vpon all the hilles that are lifted vp, 15 And vpon euery hie tower, and vpon euery strong wall,
  • Isa 9:14-15 : 14 Therefore will the Lord cut off from Israel head and taile, branche and rush in one day. 15 The ancient and the honorable man, he is the head: and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the taile.
  • Lam 5:12-14 : 12 The princes are hanged vp by their hande: the faces of the elders were not had in honour. 13 They tooke the yong men to grinde, and the children fell vnder the wood. 14 The Elders haue ceased from the gate and the yong men from their songs.
  • Ezek 8:12 : 12 Then saide hee vnto mee, Sonne of man, hast thou seene what the Ancients of the house of Israel do in the darke, euery one in the chamber of his imagerie? for they say, The Lorde seeth vs not, the Lord hath forsaken the earth.
  • Ezek 9:5 : 5 And to the other he said, that I might heare, Goe ye after him through the citie, and smite: let your eye spare none, neither haue pitie.

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  • Isa 3:3-5
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    88%

    3The captaine of fiftie, and the honourable, and the counseller, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent man.

    4And I will appoint children to bee their princes, and babes shall rule ouer them.

    5The people shalbe oppressed one of another, and euery one by his neighbour: the children shall presume against the ancient, and the vile against the honourable.

  • 1For lo, the Lord God of hostes will take away from Ierusalem and from Iudah the stay and the strength: euen all the staye of bread, and all the stay of water,

  • 6And for a spirite of iudgement to him that sitteth in iudgement, and for strength vnto them that turne away the battell to the gate.

  • 19(7:21) Wisedome shall strengthen the wise man more then ten mightie princes that are in ye citie.

  • Joel 3:9-10
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    9Publish this among the Gentiles: prepare warre, wake vp the mightie men: let all the men of warre drawe neere and come vp.

    10Breake your plowshares into swords, and your sithes into speares: let the weake say, I am strong.

  • 8But the mightie man had the earth, and he that was in autoritie, dwelt in it.

  • 13Bring you men of wisedome and of vnderstanding, and knowen among your tribes, and I will make them rulers ouer you:

  • Prov 24:5-6
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    5A wise man is strong: for a man of vnderstanding encreaseth his strength.

    6For with counsel thou shalt enterprise thy warre, and in the multitude of them that can giue counsell, is health.

  • 25Thy men shall fall by the sworde, and thy strength in the battell.

  • 24And these were the heads of the housholds of their fathers, euen Epher and Ishi, and Eliel & Azriel, and Ieremiah, and Hodauiah, and Iahdiel, strong men, valiant and famous, heades of the housholdes of their fathers.

  • 4Thus sayth the Lord of hostes, There shall yet olde men and olde women dwell in the streetes of Ierusalem, & euery man with his staffe in his hand for very age.

  • 5He shall remember his strong men: they shall stumble as they goe: they shall make haste to the walles thereof, and the defence shall bee prepared.

  • 4And Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a valiant man among thirtie, and aboue the thirtie, and Ieremiah, and Iehaziel, and Iohanan, and Ioshabad the Gederathite,

  • Song 3:7-8
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    7Beholde his bed, which is Salomons: threescore strong men are round about it, of the valiant men of Israel.

    8They all handle the sworde, and are expert in warre, euery one hath his sword vpon his thigh for the feare by night.

  • 15The ancient and the honorable man, he is the head: and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the taile.

  • 22A wise man goeth vp into the citie of the mightie, and casteth downe the strength of the confidence thereof.

  • 16Whose quiuer is as an open sepulchre: they are all very strong.

  • 9And in that day, saith the Lorde, the heart of the King shall perish, and the heart of the princes and the Priestes shall be astonished, and the Prophets shall wonder.

  • 5I will get me vnto the great men, and will speake vnto them: for they haue knowen the way of the Lord, and the iudgement of their God: but these haue altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bondes.

  • 9Great men are not alway wise, neither doe the aged alway vnderstand iudgement.

  • Ps 148:11-12
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    11Kings of the earth and all people, princes and all iudges of the worlde:

    12Yong men and maidens, also olde men and children:

  • 21Moreouer, prouide thou among al the people men of courage, fearing God, men dealing truely, hating couetousnesse: and appoynt such ouer them to be rulers ouer thousandes, rulers ouer hundreths, rulers ouer fifties, and rulers ouer tennes.

  • 20He taketh away the speach from the faithfull counsellers, and taketh away the iudgement of the ancient.

  • 13They tooke the yong men to grinde, and the children fell vnder the wood.

  • 12Among the ancient is wisedome, and in the length of dayes is vnderstanding.

  • 8The yong men saw me, & hid themselues, and the aged arose, and stood vp.

  • 1The destroyer is come before thy face: keepe the munition: looke to the way: make thy loynes strong: increase thy strength mightily.

  • 15So I tooke the chiefe of your tribes wise and knowen men, & made them rulers ouer you, captaines ouer thousands, and captaines ouer hundreds, and captaines ouer fiftie, and captaines ouer tenne, and officers among your tribes.

  • 1He cryed also with a loude voyce in mine eares, saying, The visitations of the citie draw neere, and euery man hath a weapon in his hande to destroy it.

  • 3These now are the chiefe of the prouince, that dwelt in Ierusalem, but in the cities of Iudah, euery one dwelt in his owne possession in their cities of Israel, the Priestes and the Leuites, and the Nethinims, and the sonnes of Salomons seruants.

  • 1Then came certaine of the Elders of Israel vnto me, and sate before me.

  • 14The Lord shall enter into iudgement with the Ancients of his people & the princes thereof: for ye haue eaten vp the vineyarde: the spoyle of the poore is in your houses.

  • 7Behold, their messengers shal cry without, and ye ambassadours of peace shal weepe bitterly.

  • 10With vs are both auncient and very aged men, farre older then thy father.

  • 11And behold, Amariah the Priest shalbe the chiefe ouer you in all matters of the Lord, & Zebadiah ye sonne of Ishmael, a ruler of the house of Iudah, shalbe for al the Kings affaires, & the Leuites shalbe officers before you. Bee of courage, and doe it, and the Lord shalbe with the good.

  • 6Which were clothed with blewe silke, both captaines and princes: they were all pleasant yong men, and horsemen riding vpon horses.

  • 14With the Kings & counselers of the earth, which haue buylded themselues desolate places:

  • 13For they that remaine, haue dominio ouer the mightie of the people: the Lorde hath giuen me dominion ouer the strong.

  • 1Beholde, a King shall reigne in iustice, and the princes shall rule in iudgement.

  • 4The bow and the mightie men are broken, and the weake haue girded themselues with strength.

  • 16And he that is of a mighty courage among the strong men, shall flee away naked in that day, sayth the Lord.

  • 10Ye stand this day euery one of you before the Lord your God: your heads of your tribes, your Elders & your officers, eue al ye me of Israel:

  • 3To receiue instruction to do wisely, by iustice and iudgement and equitie,

  • 13And he had great workes in the cities of Iudah, and men of warre, and valiant men in Ierusalem.