Isaiah 3:14
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.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
13The LORD arises to contend; He stands to judge the people.
15Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
Cross References
Leviticus 25:17Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.
Job 24:2Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.
Job 34:23For God need not examine a man further or have him approach for judgment.
Psalms 143:2Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You.
Isaiah 5:7For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.
Jeremiah 12:10Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 3:10-16
Judgments Denounced.. ( b. c. 758.) 9 The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves. 10 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. 11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. 12 As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they… Read the whole commentary →