Isaiah 3:14
The Lord comes to give his judgment against the elders and leaders of his people: You are the ones who have destroyed my vineyard; your houses are full with everything you've stolen from the poor.
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13The Lord stands up to prosecute his case. The Lord stands up to judge the people.
Cross References
Leviticus 25:17Don't exploit one another, but have respect for your God, because I am the Lord your God.
Job 24:2The wicked move boundary stones; they seize other people's flocks and move them to their own pastures.
Job 34:23God doesn't need to examine anyone in any greater detail that they should come before him for judgment.
Psalms 143:2Please don't place me, your servant, on trial, because nobody is innocent in your sight.
Isaiah 5:7Israel is the vineyard of the Lord Almighty, and the people of Judah are the plants in his garden that made him happy. Yet while he hoped for justice, he only saw injustice; he hoped people would live right, but he only heard the cries of those who were suffering.
Jeremiah 12:10Many shepherds have come and destroyed my vineyard; they have trampled down the crops in my field. They have turned my pleasant land into an empty 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 →