Isaiah 3:15
What does Isaiah 3:15 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 3:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000what mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
KJV
King James Version · 1611What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord God of hosts.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901what mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949By 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.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862What--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:
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Why do you consume my people, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord the God of hosts.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890What mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the faces of the afflicted? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
Context
v.14Jehovah 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:
v.15This passage
v.16Moreover Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet;
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 5:14
And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task both yesterday and to-day, in making brick as heretofore?
- Amos 8:4
Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
- Amos 2:6
Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes—
- Micah 3:2
ye who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
- Isaiah 58:4
Behold, ye fast for strife and contention, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye fast not this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high.
- 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?
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