Isaiah 3:15

Contemporary English Version 1995

The Lord All-Powerful says, “You have crushed my people and rubbed in the dirt the faces of the poor.”

Cross References

Psalm 94:5

and they crush and wound your chosen nation, Lord.

Ezekiel 18:2

Ezekiel, I hear the people of Israel using the old saying, “Sour grapes eaten by parents leave a sour taste in the mouths of their children.”

Isaiah 58:4

You even get angry and ready to fight. No wonder God won't listen to your prayers!

Exodus 5:14

The bosses beat the men in charge of the slaves and said, “Why didn't you force the slaves to make as many bricks yesterday and today as they did before?”

Jonah 1:6

The ship's captain went to him and said, “How can you sleep at a time like this? Get up and pray to your God! Maybe he will have pity on us and keep us from drowning.”

Isaiah 5:7

I am the Lord All-Powerful! Israel is the vineyard, and Judah is the garden I tended with care. I had hoped for honesty and for justice, but dishonesty and cries for mercy were all I found.

Isaiah 10:2

that let you cheat the poor and needy and rob widows and orphans.

Isaiah 14:30

The poor and needy will find pastures for their sheep and will live in safety. But I will starve some of you, and others will be killed.

Isaiah 26:6

Now the poor and abused trample all over that city.”

Isaiah 29:19

The poor and the needy will celebrate and shout because of the Lord, the holy God of Israel.

Isaiah 30:12

Now this is the answer of the holy One of Israel: “You rejected my message, and you trust in violence and lies.

Isaiah 32:6

Fools talk foolishness. They always make plans to do sinful things, to lie about the Lord, to let the hungry starve, and to keep water from those who are thirsty.

Isaiah 63:8

The Lord rescued his people, and said, “They are mine. They won't betray me.”

Proverbs 30:14

others are so greedy that they gobble up the poor and homeless.