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Isaiah 3:14 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 3 · verse 14
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.Isaiah 3:14 · King James Version
Isaiah 3:14 in 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:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- judgmentmishpâṭproperly, a verdict pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree divine…H4941 →
- ancientszâqênoldH2205 →
- vineyardkerema garden or vineyardH3754 →
- princessara head personH8269 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- enterbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
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Here God proceeds in his controversy with his people. Observe, I. The ground of his controversy. It was for sin that God contended with them; if they vex themselves, let them look a little further and they will see that they must thank themselves: Woe unto their souls! For they have rewarded evil unto themselves.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-15