Isaiah 3:7
swear: Heb. lift up the hand, Gen 14:22, Deu 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 1Ki 4:22, 1Ki 4:23. Neh 5:17, Neh 5:18. Hence the person desired to undertake the government, alleges as an excuse that he is not able to support the dignity of his station.