11 Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them! They will be paid back for what their hands have done.
11 Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.
11 But doom to the wicked! Disaster! Everything they did will be done to them.
11 Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, For the reward of his hands shall be given him.
11 But the wicked are doomed, for they will get exactly what they deserve.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Isaiah 3:11
Commentary on Isaiah 3:10-15
(Read Isaiah 3:10-15)
The rule was certain; however there might be national prosperity or trouble, it would be well with the righteous and ill with the wicked. Blessed be God, there is abundant encouragement to the righteous to trust in him, and for sinners to repent and return to him. It was time for the Lord to show his might. He will call men to a strict account for all the wealth and power intrusted to and abused by them. If it is sinful to disregard the necessities of the poor, how odious and wicked a part do they act, who bring men into poverty, and then oppress them!