Isaiah 3:15 “Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares…”

Isaiah 3:15

Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

What do you mean that you crush my people, and grind the face of the poor?” says the Lord, GOD of Armies.

American Standard Version

what mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

Geneva Bible 1599

What haue ye to do, that ye beate my people to pieces, and grinde the faces of the poore, saith the Lord, euen the Lord of hoasts?

Darby Translation

What mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the faces of the afflicted? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

Young's Literal Translation

What — to you? ye bruise My people, And the faces of the poor ye grind.' An affirmation of the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, And Jehovah saith:

Bible in Basic English

By what right are you crushing my people, and putting a bitter yoke on the necks of the poor? This is the word of the Lord, the Lord of armies.

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Cross references

“What mean”

Ezekiel 18:2 Jonah 1:6

Ezekiel 18:2 · BSB

“What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge’?

Jonah 1:6 · BSB

The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”

“ye beat”

Amos 8:4–6 Isaiah 58:4 Exodus 5:14 Amos 2:6 Amos 2:7 Micah 3:2

Amos 8:4–6 · BSB

Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,

Isaiah 58:4 · BSB

You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice be heard on high.

Exodus 5:14 · BSB

Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over the people, were beaten and asked, “Why have you not fulfilled your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before?”

Amos 2:6 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.

Amos 2:7 · BSB

They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.

Micah 3:2 · BSB

You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.

Also

Psalm 94:5

Psalm 94:5 · BSB

They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.

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

In context

14The 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.

16The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty— walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—

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