Isaiah 3:3
3 The captain [sar] of fifty, [chamishshiym] and the honourable [nasa']
man, [paniym] and the counsellor, [ya`ats] and the cunning [chakam]
artificer, [cheresh] and the eloquent [biyn] orator. [lachash] KJV-Interlinear
3 The
captain of fifty and the honorable man, The counselor and the expert artisan,
And the skillful enchanter. NASB
The message continues,
listing those upon whom the world relies, but to no good end.
‘The captain of fifty,’ denotes
those who are in authority over men in the army or in ranks, but also can
include those who are managers or supervisors in business or organizations or
even government. These would refer to
the middle ranks of authority in society.
‘The honorable man,’
refers to those of higher position in society.
He has a position that carries the connotation of higher dignity or
elevated respect. This also applies to
the higher or elevated pride which accompanies higher positions in
society. It can include higher
management, or celebrities, or professors, or religious leaders and such.
‘The counselor,’ applies
to those who would advise from the various credentialed professions. Lawyers, doctors, advisors and the like would
be included in this category.
‘The expert artisan,’
refers to contractors, builders, those who form or build or design things with
their hands.
‘The skillful enchanter,’
refers to those who influence through speech.
Orators or speakers, or those who tend to convince through
speeches. This last word, ‘lachash,’
refers to skilled persuasion through whispering. It means that someone who sighs or whispers
expertly, in order to gain attention and compliance with their smoothness of
words.
Eloquent orators often
use appeals that pierce into the emotions, into guilt, into suggested
principles of good. That is, ‘look at
these poor starving children, now give to our organization.’ ‘Tax the rich,
that we may all have a share.’ The idea here is that an appeal of emotion for
something good that is implied, and is used to promote something that is not
necessarily good, but often times is evil. People are often times influenced not
based on facts, but on emotion.
And again, all of these
positions and actions are common in society, but cannot defeat mans problems,
nor are they valid substitutes of truth.
When Gods crushing blow of wrath comes along, these things will be
impotent and of no use.
Therefore, many things in
society are needed in order for society to function in this world. Many things exist which are not necessary as
they promote negative ideas. But when it
all comes down to it, Bible doctrine is the only source of permanent and solid
truth and stability for life. Without legitimate
Bible doctrine, life disintegrates into disaster and cannot sustain or support
itself.
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