Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s slave drivers had set over the people, were beaten and asked, ‘Why haven’t you finished making your prescribed number of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before? ’
Isaiah 3:15 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Why do you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor? ’ This is the declaration of the Lord God of Armies. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition What do you mean by crushing My people and grinding the faces of the poor? says the Lord God of hosts. American Standard Version (1901) what mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts. Common English Bible How dare you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor? says the LORD God of heavenly forces. Catholic Public Domain Version Why do you wear down my people, and grind up the faces of the poor, says the Lord, the God of hosts? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Why do you consume my people, and grind the faces of the poor? Saith the Lord, the God of hosts. |
Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s slave drivers had set over the people, were beaten and asked, ‘Why haven’t you finished making your prescribed number of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before? ’
There is a generation whose teeth are swords, whose fangs are knives, devouring the oppressed from the land and the needy from among mankind.
to keep the poor from getting a fair trial and to deprive the needy among my people of justice, so that widows can be their spoil and they can plunder the fatherless.
Then the firstborn of the poor will be well fed, and the impoverished will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root with hunger, and your remnant will be slain.
The humble will have joy after joy in the Lord, and the poor people will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
Therefore the Holy One of Israel says: ‘Because you have rejected this message and have trusted in oppression and deceit, and have depended on them,
For a fool speaks foolishness and his mind plots iniquity. He lives in a godless way and speaks falsely about the Lord. He leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.
For the vineyard of the Lord of Armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah, the plant he delighted in. He expected justice but saw injustice; he expected righteousness but heard cries of despair.
You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today, hoping to make your voice heard on high.
He said, ‘They are indeed my people, children who will not be disloyal,’ and he became their Saviour.
‘What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel: “The fathers eat sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge”?
The captain approached him and said, ‘What are you doing sound asleep? Get up! Call to your god. , Maybe this god will consider us, and we won’t perish.’