Isaiah 3:14
12 As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.
13 The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.
The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
15 What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
16 Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: “You have devoured the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.
- KJV
- The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
- WEB
- The LORD will enter into judgment with the elders of his people and their leaders: “It is you who have eaten up the vineyard. The plunder of the poor is in your houses.
- ASV
- Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and the princes thereof: It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses:
- DARBY
- Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people and their princes, [saying:] It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard: the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
- BLB
- YHWH will enter into judgment with the elders of His people and His princes: “And you⁺—you⁺ have consumed the vineyard; the plunder of the poor [is] in your⁺ houses.
- ÅB
- Herren møter i retten sitt folks eldste og dets høvdinger: Dere har avgnaget vingården! Dere har rov fra de fattige i husene hos dere!
- OTB
- Herren går til doms med de eldste og lederne for sitt folk: "Det er dere som har herjet min vingård; byttet fra de fattige er i deres hus.
- B1930
- Herren møter i retten sitt folks eldste og dets høvdinger: I har avgnaget vingården! I har rov fra de fattige i husene hos eder!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 22:4
Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
Read in contextJob 24:9
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
Read in contextIsaiah 3:2–3
The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,
Read in contextAmos 4:1
Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
Read in contextPsalms 143:2
And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Read in contextIsaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
Read in contextPsalms 14:4
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
Read in contextJames 2:6
But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
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