Isaiah 3:15 KJV — MannaFest

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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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

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:

DBT

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

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Psalms 94:5
They break in pieces thy people, O Lord, and afflict thine heritage.
Micah 3:2–3
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
Ezekiel 18:2
What mean ye, that ye 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 2:6–7
Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
Amos 8:4–6
Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,

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The ancient - Whose wisdom was increased by long experience. Oppressed - By thy command or permission of such childish rulers. Thou hast - We are utterly undone, and have neither food nor raiment; but thou hast something left to support the dignity which we offer to thee.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

Or the vineyards of the poor they wrested out of their possession, as Jezebel did Naboth's, or devoured the fruits of them, fed their lusts with that which should have been the necessary food of indigent families; the spoil of the poor was hoarded up in their houses; when God came to search for stolen goods there he found it, and it was a witness against them.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

The controversy is already begun in the change of the ministry. To punish those that had abused their power to bad purposes God sets those over them that had not sense to use their power to any good purposes: Children are their oppressors, and women rule over them (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

What right have ye to beat, &c. Mic 3:2, 3). grind--by exactions, so as to leave them nothing. faces--persons; with the additional idea of it being openly and palpably done. "Presence," equivalent to "face" (Hebrew).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

) that they might maintain the pride and luxury of their families. The punishments threatened for this sin; and they answer the sin as face answers to face in a glass,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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