Isaiah 3:5

“And the people shall be oppressed, everyone by another, and everyone by his neighbour, &c.] There being no governors, or such as were unfit for government, no decorum was kept and observed, but a mere anarchy; and so everyone did as he pleased, as when there was no king in Israel; and everyone rushed into the house of his neighbour, and plundered his goods; this was the case of Jerusalem, at the time of the siege, it abounding with robbers and spoilers: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient; show no respect to them, nor honour them, as the law requires in (<031932>Leviticus 19:32) but behave insolently towards them; and so the Jews sayf52, that when the son of David is…”

“The anarchy resulting under such imbecile rulers (Isa 3:4); unjust exactions mutually; the forms of respect violated (Lev 19:32). base--low-born. Compare the marks of "the last days" (Ti2 3:2).”

“And the people shall be oppressed - This describes the state of anarchy and confusion which would exist under the reign of children and babes Isaiah 3:4, when all law would be powerless, and all rights violated, and when the feeble would be oppressed and borne down by the strong. The word used here, properly denotes that “unjust exactions or demands” would be made, or that the people would be “urged” to fulfill them. Every one by another - In turn they shall oppress and vex one another. Hebrew ‘man by man; and man by his neighbor’ - a strong mode of expression, denoting that there would be a state of mutual strife, and violation of rights; compare 1 Kings 20:20. The child ... - All ranks of…”

“Oppressed - By thy command or permission of such childish rulers. Isaiah 3:6”

“the people: Isa 9:19-21, Isa 11:13; Jer 9:3-8, Jer 22:17; Eze 22:6, Eze 22:7, Eze 22:12; Amo 4:1; Mic 3:1-3, Mic 3:11; Zac 7:9-11; Mal 3:5; Jam 2:6, Jam 5:4 child: Isa 1:4; Lev 19:32; Kg2 2:23; Job 30:1-12 base: Sa2 16:5-9; Ecc 10:5-7; Mat 26:67, Mat 27:28-30; Mar 14:65; Luk 22:64 Isaiah 3:6”

“"And the people oppress one another, one this and another that; the boy breaks out violently upon the old man, and the despised upon the honoured." Niggas is the reciprocal niphal, as the clause depicting the reciprocity clearly shows (cf., nilcham, Isa 19:2); nagas followed by Beth means to treat as a tyrant or taskmaster ( Isa 9:3). The commonest selfishness would then stifle every nobler motive; one would become the tyrant of another, and ill-mannered insolence would take the place of that reverence, which is due to the old and esteemed from boys and those who are below them in position, whether we regard the law of nature, the Mosaic law ( Lev 19:32), or the common custom of society.…”