Isaiah 3:15

What do you mean that you crush my people,and grind the face of the poor?" says the Lord, the Lord of hosts.

New Heart English Bible

In The King James Version

What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the LORD GOD of hosts.

In Context

14The Lord will enter into judgment with the elders of his people,and their leaders:"It is you who have eaten up the vineyard.The spoil of the poor is in your houses.

16Moreover the Lord said, "Because the daughters of Zion are haughty,and walk with outstretched necks and flirting eyes,walking to trip as they go,jingling ornaments on their feet;

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Cross References

Exodus 5:14The officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, "Why haven't you fulfilled your quota both yesterday and today, in making brick as before?"

Proverbs 30:14There is a generation whose teeth are like swords,and their jaws like knives,to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.

Ezekiel 18:2"What do you mean, that you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?'

Amos 2:7They trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor,and deny justice to the oppressed;and a man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name;

Jonah 1:6So the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, "What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God! Maybe your God will notice us, so that we won't perish."

Micah 3:3who also eat the flesh of my people,and flay their skin from off them,and break their bones,and chop them in pieces, as for the pot,and as flesh within the caldron.

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 →

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