And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man
The climax of Zion’s ruin
This verse should be part of the preceding chapter, the very climax, indeed, of the ruin which Zion has brought upon herself.
(Read Isa_3:25-26.) In this verse the course of nature is inverted. This is the ruin which sin always works. The picture is that of a country desolated by war, and when the census comes to be taken it is found that there are seven women to one man. The men are murdered, the strong have been taken away, the mighty men have gone down in the shock of war. (J. Parker, D. D.)
Social anarchy
A companion picture to Isa_3:6;--the male population are in search of a ruler; the women in search of a husband. (R. Weir.)
