Isaia 3:15

15 Con qual diritto schiacciate voi il mio popolo e pestate la faccia de’ miseri?" dice il Signore, l’Eterno degli eserciti.

Isaia 3:15 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 3:15

What mean ye, [that] ye beat my people to pieces
Reduce them to the utmost poverty; so the Targum,

``wherefore do ye impoverish my people?''

as they did by exacting tithes of all that they possessed; by requiring large sums for their long prayers; and by various traditions they enjoined them to observe: and grind the faces of the poor?
either by smiting them on the cheek, as Christ, who became poor for our sakes, was smitten by them; or by bringing them into such low circumstances, by their exorbitant demands, that they had not sufficiency of food to eat; by which means their faces became pale, thin, and meagre: saith the Lord God of Hosts:
who saw all their actions, and was able to plead his people's cause, and take vengeance on their oppressors.

Isaia 3:15 In-Context

13 L’Eterno si presenta per discutere la causa, e sta in piè per giudicare i popoli.

14 L’Eterno entra in giudizio con gli anziani del suo popolo e coi principi d’esso: "Voi siete quelli che avete divorato la vigna! Le spoglie del povero sono nelle nostre case!

15 Con qual diritto schiacciate voi il mio popolo e pestate la faccia de’ miseri?" dice il Signore, l’Eterno degli eserciti.

16 L’Eterno dice ancora: Poiché le figliuolo di Sion sono altere, sen vanno col collo teso, lanciando sguardi provocanti, camminando a piccoli passi e facendo tintinnare gli anelli de’ lor piedi,

17 il Signore renderà calvo il sommo del capo alle figliuole di Sion, e l’Eterno metterà a nudo le loro vergogne.