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Isaiah 3:15

Poverty and the vulnerableJustice

13 The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.

14 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.

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:

17 Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts.

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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.

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BSB
Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
KJV
What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
WEB
What do you mean that you crush my people, and grind the face of the poor?” says the Lord, GOD of Armies.
ASV
what mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
DARBY
What mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the faces of the afflicted? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
BLB
Why do you crush My people, and grind the faces of the poor?” A declaration of the Lord YHWH of hosts.
ÅB
Hvordan kan dere tråkke mitt folk ned og knuse de fattige? sier Herren, Israels Gud, hærskarenes Gud.
OTB
Hva mener dere med å knuse mitt folk og male de fattiges ansikter?" erklærer Herren, hærskarenes Gud.
B1930
Hvorledes kan I tråkke mitt folk ned og knuse de fattige? sier Herren, Israels Gud, hærskarenes Gud.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Micah 3:2–3

    Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

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  • Psalms 94:5

    They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.

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  • Amos 8:4–6

    Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,

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  • Amos 2:6–7

    Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;

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  • Ezekiel 18:2

    What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?

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  • Exodus 5:14

    And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?

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  • Isaiah 58:4

    Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.

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