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Isaiah 3:7

World English Bible

In that day he will cry out, saying, “I will not be a healer;
for in my house is neither bread nor clothing.
You shall not make me ruler of the people.”

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Isaiah 3:7 in other translations

in that day shall he lift up his voice, saying, I will not be a healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: ye shall not make me ruler of the people.

Isaiah 3:7 · American Standard Version

Isaiah 3:7 in context

  1. 5The people will be oppressed,
    everyone by another,
    and everyone by his neighbor.
    The child will behave himself proudly against the old man,
    and the wicked against the honorable.
  2. 6Indeed a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying,
    “You have clothing, you be our ruler,
    and let this ruin be under your hand.”
  3. 7In that day he will cry out, saying, “I will not be a healer;
    for in my house is neither bread nor clothing.
    You shall not make me ruler of the people.”
  4. 8For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen;
    because their tongue and their doings are against Yahweh,
    to provoke the eyes of his glory.
  5. 9The look of their faces testify against them.
    They parade their sin like Sodom.
    They don’t hide it.
    Woe to their soul!
    For they have brought disaster upon themselves.