Isaiah 3:15

15 What do you mean by crushing my people and grinding the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty.

Isaiah 3:15 in Other Translations

KJV
15 What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
ESV
15 What do you mean by crushing my people, by grinding the face of the poor?" declares the Lord GOD of hosts.
NLT
15 How dare you crush my people, grinding the faces of the poor into the dust?” demands the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
MSG
15 What is this anyway? Stomping on my people, grinding the faces of the poor into the dirt?" That's what the Master, God-of-the-Angel-Armies, says.
CSB
15 Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?" says the Lord God of Hosts.

Isaiah 3:15 In-Context

13 The LORD takes his place in court; he rises to judge the people.
14 The LORD enters into judgment against the elders and leaders of his people: “It is you who have ruined my vineyard; the plunder from the poor is in your houses.
15 What do you mean by crushing my people and grinding the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty.
16 The LORD says, “The women of Zion are haughty, walking along with outstretched necks, flirting with their eyes, strutting along with swaying hips, with ornaments jingling on their ankles.
17 Therefore the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion; the LORD will make their scalps bald.”

Cross References 4

  • 1. S Psalms 94:5
  • 2. S Job 24:14
  • 3. Isaiah 10:6; Isaiah 11:4; Isaiah 26:6; Isaiah 29:19; Isaiah 32:6; Isaiah 51:23
  • 4. Isaiah 5:7
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