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Episode: LADIES FIRST, , , , prophetess!
Description: Isaiah 3:12
The threat of Isa_3:4 is already on the way to be fulfilled; the conditions of anarchy are present in the childish character of the reigning monarch, Ahaz. Cf. Ecc_10:16. The prophet’s pity for the nation breaks out in the repeated exclamation, “My people!”
children are their oppressors, &c.] Rather, his tyrant (plural of majesty) is a child and women role over him (i.e. the people): the queen-mother and women of the harem attain an undue and dangerous influence under such a régime.