Isaiah 3:14 “The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His peop…”

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

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

The LORD will enter into judgment with the elders of his people and their leaders: “It is you who have eaten up the vineyard. The plunder of the poor is in your houses.

American Standard Version

Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and the princes thereof: It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses:

Geneva Bible 1599

The Lord shall enter into iudgement with the Ancients of his people and the princes thereof: for ye haue eaten vp the vineyarde: the spoyle of the poore is in your houses.

Darby Translation

Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people and their princes, [saying:] It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard: the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

Young's Literal Translation

Jehovah into judgment doth enter With elders of His people, and its heads: 'And ye, ye have consumed the vineyard, Plunder of the poor [is] in your houses.

Bible in Basic English

The Lord comes to be the judge of their responsible men and of their rulers: it is you who have made waste the vine-garden, and in your houses is the property of the poor which you have taken by force.

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Cross references

“enter”

Job 22:4 Psalm 143:2 Job 34:23

Job 22:4 · BSB

Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?

Psalm 143:2 · BSB

Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You.

Job 34:23 · BSB

For God need not examine a man further or have him approach for judgment.

“the ancients”

Isaiah 3:2 Isaiah 3:3

Isaiah 3:2 · BSB

the mighty man and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the soothsayer and the elder,

Isaiah 3:3 · BSB

the commander of fifty and the dignitary, the counselor, the cunning magician, and the clever enchanter.

“ye have eaten”

Isaiah 5:7 Jeremiah 5:27 Amos 4:1 Job 24:2–7 Micah 2:2 Micah 6:10

Isaiah 5:7 · BSB

For 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 5:27 · BSB

Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.

Amos 4:1 · BSB

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”

Job 24:2–7 · BSB

Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.

Micah 2:2 · BSB

They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.

Micah 6:10 · BSB

Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed?

Also

Job 24:9 James 2:6 Psalm 14:4

Job 24:9 · BSB

The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.

James 2:6 · BSB

But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?

Psalm 14:4 · BSB

Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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.

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