Verse

Isaiah 3:25

ESV Your men shall fall by the sword and your mighty men in battle.
NIV Your men will fall by the sword, your warriors in battle.
NASB Your men will fall by the sword And your mighty ones in battle.
CSB Your men will fall by the sword, your warriors in battle.
NLT The men of the city will be killed with the sword, and her warriors will die in battle.
KJV Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
NKJV Your men shall fall by the sword, And your mighty in the war.

What does Isaiah 3:25 mean?

Isaiah has described how the wealthy, proud women of his era would have all the material wealth and expensive adornments taken from them (Isaiah 3:18–23). He has described the time of God's coming judgment in the form of foreign invaders who will brand God's people and lead them away dressed in sackcloth (Isaiah 3:24).

Now he adds that the men will die by the sword in battle. Every man worth attracting with their expensively maintained beauty will be dead. Husbands and sons will be dead. They will have nothing left. While all of that is true, Isaiah seems to have turned from speaking of the prideful women of Judah to also speaking of Jerusalem as a woman. Her mighty men will all be killed in battle. She, the glorious city of David, will be decimated by the hand of the Lord.
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