Isa 3:7

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swear. Heb. lift up the hand.

Gen 14:22; Deut 32:40; Rev 10:5; Rev 10:6

healer. Heb. binder up.

Isa 58:12; Jer 14:19; Lam 2:13; Hos 5:13; Hos 6:1

neither bread.

Princes and great men in the East, as Sir J. Chardin testifies, are obliged to have a great stock of clothes in readiness for presents on all occasions; and a great quantity of provisions for the table is equally necessary, (see 1 Ki 4:22, 23. Ne 5:17, 18.) Hence the person desired to undertake the government, alleges as an excuse that he is not able to support the dignity of his station.