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.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 3:14 Lit grazed over
  2. Isaiah 3:15 Lit grinding the face of
  3. Isaiah 3:15 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord

14 The Lord enters into judgment(A)
    against the elders and leaders of his people:
“It is you who have ruined my vineyard;
    the plunder(B) from the poor(C) is in your houses.
15 What do you mean by crushing my people(D)
    and grinding(E) the faces of the poor?”(F)
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.(G)

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14 The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

15 What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord God of hosts.

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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.

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but with righteousness(A) he will judge the needy,(B)
    with justice(C) he will give decisions for the poor(D) of the earth.
He will strike(E) the earth with the rod of his mouth;(F)
    with the breath(G) of his lips he will slay the wicked.(H)

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But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth: with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

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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.

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  1. Isaiah 14:30 Lit The firstborn of the helpless

30 The poorest of the poor will find pasture,
    and the needy(A) will lie down in safety.(B)
But your root I will destroy by famine;(C)
    it will slay(D) your survivors.(E)

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30 And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.

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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.”

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32 What answer shall be given
    to the envoys(A) of that nation?
“The Lord has established Zion,(B)
    and in her his afflicted people will find refuge.(C)

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32 What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.

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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.

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You have been a refuge(A) for the poor,(B)
    a refuge for the needy(C) in their distress,
a shelter from the storm(D)
    and a shade from the heat.
For the breath of the ruthless(E)
    is like a storm driving against a wall

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For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

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(A)The foot will trample it,
The feet of the (B)poor, the steps of the helpless.”

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Feet trample(A) it down—
    the feet of the oppressed,(B)
    the footsteps of the poor.(C)

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The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.

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(A)those who are blind receive sight and those who limp walk, those with leprosy are cleansed and those who are deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the (B)poor have the [a]gospel preached to them.

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  1. Matthew 11:5 Or good news

The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy[a] are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor.(A)

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  1. Matthew 11:5 The Greek word traditionally translated leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin.

The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

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(A)Now the brother or sister of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position;

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Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position.(A)

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Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:

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Listen, (A)my beloved brothers and sisters: did (B)God not choose the poor [a]of this world to be (C)rich in faith and (D)heirs of the kingdom which He (E)promised to those who love Him?

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  1. James 2:5 Lit to the

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters:(A) Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world(B) to be rich in faith(C) and to inherit the kingdom(D) he promised those who love him?(E)

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Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?

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