Isaiah
King James Version (KJV)
Isaiah 3:15
“What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.”
King James Version (KJV)
Isaiah 3:15 Context
12As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths. 13The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people. 14The 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. 15What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts. 16Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: 17Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts. 18In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon,
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Translation Details for Isaiah 3:15
What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
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Bible Commentary for Isaiah 3:15
Wesley's Notes for Isaiah 3:15
3:13 Standeth - He will shortly and certainly stand up as a judge, to enquire into the cause, and to give sentence. To judge - To defend and deliver them.
3:14 Ancients - The princes or rulers; such were commonly chosen out of those who were in ripe years. Eaten - Destroyed instead of preserving the church and commonwealth of Israel. Spoil - The goods which you have violently taken away from the poor.
3:16 The daughters - The women; (hitherto he reproved the men). A tinkling - By some ornaments which they wore upon their shoes.
3:17 Secret paths - By giving her into the power of those enemies that shall strip her of all her raiment.
What meane yee that yee beat my people to pieces, and grinde the faces of the poore, saith the Lord God of hosts?
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"What do you mean by crushing My people And grinding the face of the poor? Declares the Lord GOD of hosts."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
what mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
- American Standard Version (1901)
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.
- Basic English Bible
What mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the faces of the afflicted? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
- Darby Bible
What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
- Webster's Bible
What do you mean that you crush my people, and grind the face of the poor?" says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.
- World English Bible
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:
- Youngs Literal Bible
What mean ye that ye crush My people, and grind the face of the poor?' saith the Lord, the GOD of hosts.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible