Isaiah 3:14

Translations

Modern

The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: “You have devoured the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.

Traditional

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.

Literal

YHWH will enter into judgment with the elders of His people and His princes: “And you—you have consumed the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.

Latin

Dominus ad judicium veniet cum senibus populi sui, et principibus ejus; vos enim depasti estis vineam, et rapina pauperis in domo vestra.

Original

Hebrew

English

The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: “You have devoured the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.

Notes

Isaiah 3:14

elders and leaders: Wicked and abusive leadership by ungodly and incompetent leaders hinders God's purpose for his people (see also Isaiah 3:12). Therefore, leaders face stricter judgment because they are responsible for the well-being of those they lead.
the vineyard: See the Song of the Vineyard (Isaiah 5:1–7).

Isaiah 2:5–4:1

Isaiah condemned Israel and Judah for their pride and self-importance. He warned them that only God should be honored. All attempts by humans to lift themselves up will actually result in humiliation.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah God’s Justice Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Job 22:4
Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?
Jeremiah 5:27
Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
James 2:6
But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
Amos 4:1
Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”
Psalm 14:4
Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.
Psalm 143:2
Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You.
Job 24:9
The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.
Isaiah 3:2–3
…the mighty man and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the soothsayer and the elder,
Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.
Job 24:2–7
Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.
Micah 2:2
They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.
Matthew 21:33
Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.

Glossary

Isaiah, Book of

Topics

God: Judge, and his Justice Poor: Oppressions of Rulers: Wicked The Poor: Punishment For: Spoiling

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