Isaiah 3:14

Isaiah 3:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord enters into judgment against the elders and leaders of his people: “It is you who have ruined my vineyard; the plunder from the poor is in your houses.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord will enter into judgment with the elders and princes of his people: "It is you who have devoured the vineyard, the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord will enter into judgment With the elders of His people And His princes: “For you have eaten up the vineyard; The plunder of the poor is in your houses.

Context of Isaiah 3:14

12Now children are cruel to my people and women rule over them. My people, your leaders lead you in the wrong direction. They cannot show you what is right. 13The Lord stands up to judge his people. He will decide how to punish them. He comes to judge the leaders and rulers of his people. He says to them, ‘You have destroyed my vineyard. You have robbed the poor people and you have stored their things in your own houses. 15What are you leaders doing? You should not hurt my people. You should not be cruel to the poor people, as if you are pushing their faces into the dirt.’ The Lord Almighty has said this. 16The Lord says, ‘Zion's women are very proud. They walk with their heads up high. They turn their eyes towards the men and they have no shame. They like the men to look at them. They walk with small steps so that the rings on their ankles make a nice sound.

Isaiah 3:14 word by word

יְהוָה֙ בְּמִשְׁפָּ֣ט יָב֔וֹא עִם־זִקְנֵ֥י עַמּ֖וֹ וְשָׂרָ֑יו וְאַתֶּם֙ בִּֽעַרְתֶּ֣ם הַכֶּ֔רֶם גְּזֵלַ֥ת הֶֽעָנִ֖י בְּבָתֵּיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• will enterבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• into judgmentמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941
• with the ancientsזָקֵןzâqên · old: elderH2205
• of his peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• and the princesשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
• thereof: for ye have eaten upבָּעַרbâ‛ar · to burn: destroyH1197
• the vineyardכֶּרֶםkerem · vineyardH3754
• the spoilגְּזֵלָהgezêlâh · violenceH1500
• of the poorעָנִי‛ânîy · afflictedH6041
• in your housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004

Cross-references for Isaiah 3:14

• Job 22:4It is not because you respect and obey God that he punishes you. It is not because you are a good person that he accuses you.
• Job 34:23God does not have to tell people when they must come to him, so that he can judge them.
• Psalms 143:2Do not judge me, your servant. Nobody is righteous when they stand in front of you.
• Isaiah 3:2He will take away the brave men and the soldiers, the judges and the prophets, their leaders and the people who have visions of future things,
• Isaiah 5:7Israel's nation is like the vineyard of the Lord Almighty. Judah's people are his beautiful garden. But when the Lord looked there for justice, he found only murder! When he looked for people who were righteous, he saw that they were cruel.
• Job 24:2Wicked men move the stones that show the edge of their neighbour's land. They take their neighbour's land and his sheep for themselves.
• Jeremiah 5:27Their houses are full of valuable things, like a trap that is full of beautiful birds. They have cheated people and they have robbed them. That is how they have become rich and powerful.
• Amos 4:1Listen to this message, you women who live on the hill in Samaria. You are like fat cows that do not work hard for food. You are like the cows in Bashan. They eat on very good land by the Jordan river. You do not give to weak people what they need. You are not fair to poor people. Then you sit down and you say to your husbands, ‘Bring us more to drink.’
• Micah 2:2When they want fields, they take them from other people. When they want houses, they take them. These cruel people take other people's homes and fields; then those people's families have nothing.
• Micah 6:10‘You bad people still hide valuable things that you have taken from other people. I will not forget this. You bad people use false weights to measure the food that you sell. I hate that.
• Matthew 21:33Then Jesus said again to the Jewish leaders, ‘Listen to another story that I will tell you. There was a man who had his own farm. He planted vines in a garden to grow grapes there. He built a wall around the garden. He dug a hole in the ground for a winepress to make wine. He also built a tall building to watch over the garden. The man then found some farmers to work in the garden for him. Then he went away to another country.

Commentaries on Isaiah 3:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14The vineyard. "My vineyard" - - כרמי carmi, Septuagint, Chaldee, Jerome.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14With the ancients … - With the old men, the counselors. Ye have eaten up the vineyard - Hebrew Ye have burnt up‘ - that is, you have oonsumed or destroyed it. By the vineyard is represented the Jewish republic or people; Psalm 80:9-13; compare the notes at Isaiah 5:1-7. The princes and rulers had, by their exactions and oppressions, ruined the people, and destroyed the country. The spoil of the poor - The “plunder” of the poor; or that which you have…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-15Verses 10-15 The rule was certain; however there might be national prosperity or trouble, it would be well with the righteous and ill with the wicked. Blessed be God, there is abundant encouragement to the righteous to trust in him, and for sinners to repent and return to him. It was time for the Lord to show his might. He will call men to a strict account for all the wealth and power intrusted to and abused by them. If it is sinful to disregard the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14elders 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).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. ancients--Hence they are spoken of as "taken away" (Is 3:1, 2). vineyard--the Jewish theocracy (Is 5:1-7; Psa 80:9-13). eaten up--"burnt"; namely, by "oppressive exactions" (Is 3:12). Type of the crowning guilt of the husbandmen in the days of Jesus Christ (Mt 21:34-41). spoil ... houses--(Mt 23:14).Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

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• Girding
• Grind
• Ornament
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Commentaries on Isaiah 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings