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

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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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

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

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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

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

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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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Footnotes

  1. James 2:5 Lit to the

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