Isaiah 3:8

For Jerusalem is ruined. By the time of Sennacherib’s invasions (see Vol. II, pp. 87, 88) the kingdom of Judah had been largely reduced to ruins. King Hezekiah had been forced to submit to a burdensome levy imposed by the Assyrian king (see on ch. 2:7). Though Sennacherib did not succeed in entering Jerusalem, the rest of the nation had fallen into his hands.

Their tongue and their doings. Isaiah here sets forth the reason for the humiliation that had befallen the nation and the complete ruin that was certain to follow — the people had forsaken the Lord, and as a result He could no longer bless and protect them. In both word and deed the professed people of God were in rebellion against Him.

To provoke the eyes of his glory. Literally, “to rebel before the eyes of his glory,” that is, “in his very presence” (see v. 9). God is long-suffering and kind, and hesitates long before inflicting judgment upon the guilty. But the time of reckoning, though long delayed, will surely come.