John Gill's Exposition on Isaiah 3:7

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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In that day shall he swear, &c.] Or “lift up”, that is, his handf53, which was a gesture used in swearing, and therefore is so rendered; the meaning is, that he shall at once immediately give an answer, and for the solemn confirmation of it shall say an oath with it, saying, I will not be a healer, or “a binder”; that is, of wounds, of political wounds, made in the nation, and which were incurable. (see <230106>Isaiah 1:6) for the meaning is, that he neither was fit to be, nor could he be, a healer of the distempered state of the nation, it was so desperately bad. The Targum is, “I am not fit to be a head or governor;” and so Kimchi explains it of a governor, who, he says, is so called, because he binds and imprisons those that transgress his commands; and to this sense Jarchi and Abarbinel: for in my house [is] neither bread nor clothing; not a sufficiency of either to support such grandeur and dignity; not enough to keep a proper table, and a suitable equipage: make me not a ruler of the people; this shows that the state of the nation must be very bad indeed, that men, who are naturally ambitious of power and honour, should refuse government when offered to them.

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