Jesaja 3:15

15 Wat is ulieden, dat gij Mijn volk verbrijzelt, en de aangezichten der ellendigen vermaalt? spreekt de Heere, HEERE der heirscharen.

Jesaja 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.

Jesaja 3:15 In-Context

13 De HEERE stelt Zich om te pleiten, en Hij staat, om de volken te richten.

14 De HEERE komt ten gerichte tegen de oudsten Zijns volks en deszelfs vorsten, want gijlieden hebt dezen wijngaard verteerd; de roof des ellendigen is in uwe huizen.

15 Wat is ulieden, dat gij Mijn volk verbrijzelt, en de aangezichten der ellendigen vermaalt? spreekt de Heere, HEERE der heirscharen.

16 Verder zegt de HEERE: Daarom dat de dochteren van Sion zich verheffen, en gaan met uitgestrekten hals, en lonken met de ogen, al gaande en trippelende daarhenen treden, en alsof haar voeten gebonden waren.

17 Zo zal de HEERE den schedel der dochteren van Sion schurftig maken, en de HEERE zal haar schaamte ontbloten.