Revised Literal Translation
Isaiah 3:14
14Yhwh 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.1
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
12As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths. 13Yhwh standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people. Yhwh 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. 15What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord Yhwh of Armies. 16Moreover Yhwh saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
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יְהוָה֙ בְּמִשְׁפָּ֣ט יָב֔וֹא עִם־זִקְנֵ֥י עַמּ֖וֹ וְשָׂרָ֑יו וְאַתֶּם֙ בִּֽעַרְתֶּ֣ם הַכֶּ֔רֶם גְּזֵלַ֥ת הֶֽעָנִ֖י בְּבָתֵּיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
- Yhwhיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · 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 22:4Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
- Job 34:23For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.
- Psalms 143:2And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
- Isaiah 3:2The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,
- Isaiah 5:7For the vineyard of Yhwh of Armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
- Job 24:2Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
- Jeremiah 5:27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
- Amos 4:1Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
- Micah 2:2And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
- Micah 6:10Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
- Matthew 21:33Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far 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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- 1. Isaiah 3:14 eaten: or, burnt. ↩
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
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