Isaiah 3:2
Good News Translation
their heroes and their soldiers, their judges and their prophets, their fortunetellers and their statesmen,

New Revised Standard Version
warrior and soldier, judge and prophet, diviner and elder,

Contemporary English Version
soldiers and heroes, judges and prophets, leaders and army officers,

New American Bible
Hero and warrior, judge and prophet, diviner and elder,

Douay-Rheims Bible
The strong man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet and the cunning man, and the ancient.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The strong man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet and the cunning man, and the ancient.

mighty

Isaiah 2:13-15 And upon all the tall and lofty cedars of Libanus, and upon all the oaks of Basan. . . .

2 Kings 24:14-16 And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the valiant men of the army, to the number of ten thousand, into captivity: and every artificer and smith: and none were left, but the poor sort of the people of the land. . . .

Psalm 74:9 Our signs we have not seen, there is now no prophet: and he will know us no more.

Lamentations 5:12-14 The princes were hanged up by their hand: they did not respect the persons of the ancients. . . .

Amos 2:3 And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all his princes with him, saith the Lord.

the ancient

Isaiah 9:15 The aged and honourable, he is the head: and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

Ezekiel 8:12 And he said to me: Surely thou seest, O son of man, what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every one in private in his chamber: for they say: The Lord seeth us not, the Lord hath forsaken the earth.

Ezekiel 9:5 And to the others he said in my hearing: Go ye after him through the city, and strike: let not your eyes spare, nor be ye moved with pity.

Context
A Judgment Against Judah
1For behold the sovereign Lord of hosts shall take away from Jerusalem, and from Juda the valiant and the strong, the whole strength of bread, and the whole strength of water. 2The strong man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet and the cunning man, and the ancient.3The captain over fifty, and the honourable in countenance, and the counsellor, and the architect, and the skilful in eloquent speech.…
Cross References
2 Kings 24:14
And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the valiant men of the army, to the number of ten thousand, into captivity: and every artificer and smith: and none were left, but the poor sort of the people of the land.

Isaiah 3:3
The captain over fifty, and the honourable in countenance, and the counsellor, and the architect, and the skilful in eloquent speech.

Isaiah 9:14
And the Lord shall destroy out of Israel the head and the tail, him that bendeth down, and him that holdeth back, in one day.

Isaiah 9:15
The aged and honourable, he is the head: and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

Ezekiel 17:12
Say to the provoking house: Know you not what these things mean? Tell them: Behold the king of Babylon cometh to Jerusalem: and he shall take away the king and the princes thereof and carry them with him to Babylon.

Ezekiel 17:13
And he shall take one of the king's seed, and make a covenant with him, and take an oath of him. Yea, and he shall take away the mighty men of the land,

Isaiah 3:1
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