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Isaiah 3:15

New Century Version

What gives you the right to crush my people and grind the faces of the poor into the dirt?” The Lord God All-Powerful says this.

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Lord, they crush your people and make your children suffer.

The king’s slave masters had made the Israelite foremen responsible for the work the people did. The Egyptian slave masters beat these men and asked them, “Why aren’t you making as many bricks as you made in the past?”

Some people have teeth like swords; their jaws seem full of knives. They want to remove the poor from the earth and the needy from the land.

They are not fair to the poor, and they rob my people of their rights. They allow people to steal from widows and to take from orphans what really belongs to them.

Even the poorest of my people will be able to eat safely, and people in need will be able to lie down in safety. But I will kill your family with hunger, and all your people who are left will die.

Then those who were hurt by the city will walk on its ruins; those who were made poor by the city will trample it under their feet.

The Lord will make the poor people happy; they will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

So this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “You people have refused to accept this message and have depended on cruelty and lies to help you.

A fool says foolish things, and in his mind he plans evil. A fool does things that are wicked, and he says wrong things about the Lord. A fool does not feed the hungry or let thirsty people drink water.

The vineyard belonging to the Lord All-Powerful is the nation of Israel; the garden that he loves is the people of Judah. He looked for justice, but there was only killing. He hoped for right living, but there were only cries of pain.

On these special days when you fast, you argue and fight and hit each other with your fists. You cannot do these things as you do now and believe your prayers are heard in heaven.

He said, “These are my people; my children will not lie to me.” So he saved them.

“What do you mean by using this saying about the land of Israel: ‘The parents have eaten sour grapes, and that caused the children to grind their teeth from the sour taste’?

The captain of the ship came and said, “Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray to your god! Maybe your god will pay attention to us, and we won’t die!”




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