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Isaiah 3:19

Isaiah 3:19
The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

The chains,.... According to Kimchi and R. Levi ben Gersom on Jdg 8:26 these were drop bottles, or vessels of gold, in which were put stacte or balsam; and the former says here, they were such in…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The chains - Margin, “sweet balls.” The word used here is derived from the verb נטף nâṭaph, to drop, to fall in drops, or to distil,” as juice from a plant. Hence, it means that which “resembles…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 3:16-26

The prophet's business was to show all sorts of people what they had contributed to the national guilt and what share they must expect in the national judgments that were coming. Here he reproves and…