The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,
Isaiah 3:2 lists the mighty man, the man of war, the judge, the prophet, the prudent, and the elder or ancient as the stays and supports that God would take away from Jerusalem and Judah. These were people and leaders whose removal was itself an act of divine judgment for wickedness, especially wickedness among rulers and sin in high places. Their loss exposed how sin had weakened Judah and left the nation enfeebled and vulnerable among the other nations.
This weakening through loss of leaders was seen in the reign of Ahaz, when the leaders caused the people to go astray. The verse thus belongs to a time of great peril in Judah, when forces for good were rapidly diminishing and forces for evil were multiplying.
Isaiah 3:2 lists the mighty man, the man of war, the judge, the prophet, the prudent, and the elder or ancient as the stays and supports that God would take away from Jerusalem and Judah. These were people and leaders whose removal was itself an act of divine judgment for wickedness, especially wickedness among rulers and sin in high places. Their loss exposed how sin had weakened Judah and left the nation enfeebled and vulnerable among the other nations.
This weakening through loss of leaders was seen in the reign of Ahaz, when the leaders caused the people to go astray. The verse thus belongs to a time of great peril in Judah, when forces for good were rapidly diminishing and forces for evil were multiplying.