¹⁴ The Lord ^(A)enters into judgment with the elders and leaders of His people,
“It is you who have ^[a](B)devoured the vineyard;
The ^(C)goods stolen from the poor are in your houses.
¹⁵ What do you mean by ^(D)crushing My people
And ^[b]oppressing the face of the poor?”
Declares the Lord ^[c]God of armies.

⁴ But with ^(A)righteousness He will judge the ^(B)poor,
And decide with fairness for the ^(C)humble of the earth;
And He will strike the earth with the ^(D)rod of His mouth,
And with the ^(E)breath of His lips He will slay the wicked.

^30 [a]Those who are most ^(A)helpless will eat,
And the poor will lie down in security;
I will kill your root with ^(B)famine,
And it will kill your survivors.

³² What answer will one give the ^(A)messengers of the nation?
That ^(B)the Lord has founded Zion,
And ^(C)the poor of His people will take refuge in it.”

⁴ For You have been a ^(A)stronghold for the helpless,
A stronghold for the poor in his distress,
A ^(B)refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat;
For the breath of the ^(C)ruthless
Is like a rain storm against a wall.