Isaiah 3:14
The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and their princes; but ye—ye have eaten up the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
13The Lord is stepped forth to plead, and standeth up to judge the people.
Cross References
Leviticus 25:17And ye shall not overreach one the other; but thou shalt be afraid of thy God; for I am the Lord your God.
Job 24:2[The wicked] remove landmarks: they rob flocks, and feed them.
Job 34:23For he need not direct [his attention] a long time upon man, that he should enter into judgment before God.
Psalms 143:2And enter not into judgment with thy servant; for no living man can be regarded righteous before thee.
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: and he hoped for justice, but behold injustice; for equity, but behold iniquity.
Jeremiah 12:10Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden under foot my field, they have rendered my pleasant field a desolate wilderness.
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 →