Isaiah 3:14

New International Reader's Version

He judges the elders and leaders of his people. He says to them, “My people are like a vineyard. You have destroyed them. The things you have taken from poor people are in your houses.

Cross References

Job 22:4

“You say you have respect for him. Is that why he corrects you? Is that why he brings charges against you?

Job 24:14

When daylight is gone, murderers get up. They kill poor people and those who are in need. In the night they sneak around like robbers.

Job 24:9

Children whose fathers have died are torn away from their mothers. A poor person’s baby is taken away to pay back what is owed.

Job 34:23

God doesn’t need to bring charges against anyone. He knows they are guilty. So he doesn’t need to have them appear in his court to be judged.

Psalm 10:9

They hide and wait like a lion in the bushes. From their hiding places they wait to catch those who are helpless. They catch them and drag them off in their nets.

Psalm 14:4

Do all these people who do evil know nothing? They eat up my people as if they were eating bread. They never call out to the Lord.

Psalm 143:2

Don’t take me to court and judge me, because in your eyes no living person does what is right.

Proverbs 30:14

Some people have teeth like swords. The teeth in their jaws are as sharp as knives. They are ready to eat up the poor people of the earth. They are ready to eat up those who are the most needy.

Isaiah 10:1

How terrible it will be for you who make laws that aren’t fair! How terrible for you who write laws that make life hard for others!

Isaiah 10:2

You take away the rights of poor people. You hold back what is fair from my people who are suffering. You take for yourselves what belongs to widows. You rob children whose fathers have died.

Isaiah 11:4

He will always do what is right when he judges those who are in need. He’ll be completely fair when he makes decisions about poor people. When he commands that people be punished, it will happen. When he orders that evil people be put to death, it will take place.

Isaiah 14:30

Even the poorest people in Israel will have plenty to eat. Those who are in need will lie down in safety. But I will destroy your families. They will die of hunger. I will kill any of them who are still left alive.

Isaiah 26:6

The feet of those who were treated badly stomp on them. Those who were poor walk all over them.”

Isaiah 29:19

Those who aren’t proud will once again find their joy in the Lord. And those who are in need will find their joy in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 30:12

So the Holy One of Israel speaks. He says, “You have turned your backs on what I have said. You have depended on telling people lies. You have crushed others.

Isaiah 5:7

The vineyard of the Lord who rules over all is the nation of Israel. The people of Judah are the vines he took delight in. He kept looking for them to do what is fair. But all he saw was blood being spilled. He kept looking for them to do what is right. But all he heard were cries of suffering.

Isaiah 58:4

When you fast, it ends in arguing and fighting. You hit one another with your fists. That is an evil thing to do. The way you are now fasting keeps your prayers from being heard in heaven.

Jeremiah 12:10

Many shepherds will destroy my vineyard. They will walk all over it. They will turn my pleasant vineyard into a dry and empty land.

Jeremiah 5:27

A hunter uses tricks to fill his cage with birds. And my people have filled their houses with a lot of goods. They have become rich and powerful.

Ezekiel 18:12

He treats poor and needy people badly. He steals. He does not pay back what he owes. He worships statues of gods. He does other things I hate.

Ezekiel 20:35

I will send you among the nations. There I will judge you face to face. It will be as if I were judging you in the desert again.

Ezekiel 20:36

Long ago, I judged your people in the desert of Egypt. In the same way, I will judge you,” announces the Lord and King.

Leviticus 25:14

“ ‘Suppose you sell land to any of your own people. Or you buy land from them. Then do not take advantage of each other.

Leviticus 25:17

Do not take advantage of each other. Instead, have respect for your God. I am the Lord your God.

Amos 2:7

They grind the heads of the poor into the dust of the ground. They refuse to be fair to those who are crushed. A father and his son have sex with the same girl. They treat my name as if it were not holy.

Amos 4:1

Listen to the Lord’s message, you women who live on the hill of Samaria. You treat poor people badly. You crush those who are in need. You say to your husbands, “Bring us some drinks!” But you are already as fat as the cows in Bashan.

Micah 2:1

How terrible it will be for those who plan to harm others! How terrible for those who make evil plans before they even get out of bed! As soon as daylight comes, they carry out their plans. That’s because they have the power to do it.

Micah 2:2

If they want fields or houses, they take them. They cheat people out of their homes. They rob them of their property.

Micah 3:3

You eat my people’s bodies. You strip off their skin. You break their bones in pieces. You chop them up like meat. You put them in a cooking pot.”

Micah 6:10

You sinful people, should I forget that you got your treasures by stealing them? You use dishonest measures to cheat others. I have placed a curse on that practice.

Matthew 21:33

“Listen to another story. A man who owned some land planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it. He dug a pit for a winepress in it. He also built a lookout tower. He rented the vineyard out to some farmers. Then he moved to another place.

James 2:6

But you have disrespected poor people. Aren’t rich people taking advantage of you? Aren’t they dragging you into court?