the Week of Proper 6 / Ordinary 11
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THE MESSAGE
Isaiah 3:15
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Why do you crush my peopleand grind the faces of the poor?”
What do you mean that you crush my people, And grind the face of the poor?" says the Lord, the LORD of Hosts.
What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord God of hosts.
What do you mean by crushing my people, by grinding the face of the poor?" declares the Lord God of hosts.
"What do you mean by crushing My people And oppressing the face of the poor?" Declares the Lord GOD of armies.
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.
"What do you mean by crushing My people And grinding the face of the poor?" Declares the Lord GOD of hosts.
What do you mean that you crush my people, And grind the face of the poor?" says the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts.
What haue ye to do, that ye beate my people to pieces, and grinde the faces of the poore, saith the Lord, euen tho Lord of hostes?
What do you mean by crushing My peopleAnd grinding the face of the afflicted?"Declares Lord Yahweh of hosts.
Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?" declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
The Lord All-Powerful says, "You have crushed my people and rubbed in the dirt the faces of the poor."
What do you mean by crushing my people and grinding down the faces of the poor?" says Adonai Elohim -Tzva'ot.
What mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the faces of the afflicted? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
What gives you the right to hurt my people? What gives you the right to push the faces of the poor into the dirt?" The Lord God All-Powerful said this.
Why did you sting my people, and shame the faces of the poor? says the LORD of hosts.
You have no right to crush my people and take advantage of the poor. I, the Sovereign Lord Almighty, have spoken."
Why do you crush my people and grind the face of the poor?" declares the Lord Yahweh of hosts.
What do you mean that you crush My people, and grind the faces of the poor, says the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts?
Wherfore do ye oppresse my people, and marre ye faces of the innocentes? thus shal the God of hoostes reuyle them.
what mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
By what right are you crushing my people, and putting a bitter yoke on the necks of the poor? This is the word of the Lord, the Lord of armies.
What mean ye that ye crush My people, and grind the face of the poor?' saith the Lord, the GOD of hosts.
What meane yee that yee beat my people to pieces, and grinde the faces of the poore, saith the Lord God of hosts?
What meane ye that ye bray [as in a morter] my people, and grinde the faces of the poore? saith the Lorde God of hoastes.
Why do ye wrong my people, and shame the face of the poor?
what mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.
Whi al to-breken ye my puple, and grynden togidere the faces of pore men? seith the Lord God of oostis.
what do you mean that you crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? says the Lord, Yahweh of hosts.
What mean ye [that] ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
Why do you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor?" The sovereign Lord who commands armies has spoken.
What do you mean by crushing My people And grinding the faces of the poor?" Says the Lord GOD of hosts.
How dare you crush my people, grinding the faces of the poor into the dust?" demands the Lord, the Lord of Heaven's Armies.
What do you mean by crushing My people, and grinding the faces of the poor?" says the Lord God of All.
What do you mean by crushing my people, by grinding the face of the poor? says the Lord God of hosts.
What right have ye to crush my people, And the faces of the oppressed, to grind? Demandeth My Lord Yahweh of hosts - And Yahweh saith -
Why do you consume my people, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord the God of hosts.
What do you mean by crushing my people, by grinding the face of the poor?" says the Lord GOD of hosts.
What -- to you? ye bruise My people, And the faces of the poor ye grind.' An affirmation of the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, And Jehovah saith:
"What do you mean by crushing My people And grinding the face of the poor?" Declares the Lord GOD of hosts.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
What mean: Ezekiel 18:2, Jonah 1:6
ye beat: Isaiah 58:4, Exodus 5:14, Amos 2:6, Amos 2:7, Amos 8:4-6, Micah 3:2, Micah 3:3
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 24:17 - pervert Job 22:4 - will he enter Psalms 10:9 - when Psalms 94:5 - break Ecclesiastes 5:8 - regardeth Ezekiel 16:49 - neither Acts 21:13 - What Acts 21:32 - beating James 2:6 - Do
Cross-References
The serpent was clever, more clever than any wild animal God had made. He spoke to the Woman: "Do I understand that God told you not to eat from any tree in the garden?"
The serpent told the Woman, "You won't die. God knows that the moment you eat from that tree, you'll see what's really going on. You'll be just like God, knowing everything, ranging all the way from good to evil."
When the Woman saw that the tree looked like good eating and realized what she would get out of it—she'd know everything!—she took and ate the fruit and then gave some to her husband, and he ate.
Immediately the two of them did "see what's really going on"—saw themselves naked! They sewed fig leaves together as makeshift clothes for themselves.
When they heard the sound of God strolling in the garden in the evening breeze, the Man and his Wife hid in the trees of the garden, hid from God.
He said, "I heard you in the garden and I was afraid because I was naked. And I hid."
"The serpent seduced me," she said, "and I ate."
God told the serpent: "Because you've done this, you're cursed, cursed beyond all cattle and wild animals, Cursed to slink on your belly and eat dirt all your life. I'm declaring war between you and the Woman, between your offspring and hers. He'll wound your head, you'll wound his heel."
God gave David his word, he won't back out on this promise: "One of your sons I will set on your throne; If your sons stay true to my Covenant and learn to live the way I teach them, Their sons will continue the line— always a son to sit on your throne. Yes—I, God , chose Zion, the place I wanted for my shrine; This will always be my home; this is what I want, and I'm here for good. I'll shower blessings on the pilgrims who come here, and give supper to those who arrive hungry; I'll dress my priests in salvation clothes; the holy people will sing their hearts out! Oh, I'll make the place radiant for David! I'll fill it with light for my anointed! I'll dress his enemies in dirty rags, but I'll make his crown sparkle with splendor."
When John realized that a lot of Pharisees and Sadducees were showing up for a baptismal experience because it was becoming the popular thing to do, he exploded: "Brood of snakes! What do you think you're doing slithering down here to the river? Do you think a little water on your snakeskins is going to make any difference? It's your life that must change, not your skin! And don't think you can pull rank by claiming Abraham as father. Being a descendant of Abraham is neither here nor there. Descendants of Abraham are a dime a dozen. What counts is your life. Is it green and blossoming? Because if it's deadwood, it goes on the fire.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
What mean ye, [that] ye beat my people to pieces,.... Reduce them to the utmost poverty; so the Targum,
"wherefore do ye impoverish my people?''
as they did by exacting tithes of all that they possessed; by requiring large sums for their long prayers; and by various traditions they enjoined them to observe:
and grind the faces of the poor? either by smiting them on the cheek, as Christ, who became poor for our sakes, was smitten by them; or by bringing them into such low circumstances, by their exorbitant demands, that they had not sufficiency of food to eat; by which means their faces became pale, thin, and meagre:
saith the Lord God of Hosts: who saw all their actions, and was able to plead his people's cause, and take vengeance on their oppressors.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
What mean ye - What is your object? Or, What advantage is it to you? Or, By what right or pretence do you do this?
Beat my people to pieces - That is, that you trample on them; or cruelly oppress them; Psalms 94:5.
And grind the faces of the poor - This is an expression also denoting great oppression. It is taken from the act of grinding a substance on a stone until it is worn away and nothing is left. So, by their cruel exactions, by their injustice to the poor, they exhausted their little property until nothing was left. The word âfacesâ here is synonymous with âpersonsâ - or with the poor themselves. The word âfaceâ is often used in the sense of âperson;â Exodus 33:14; 2 Samuel 18:11. A similar description, though in still stronger language, is found in Micah 3:2-3 :
Who pluck off their skin from off them,
And their flesh from off their bones;
Who also eat the flesh of my people,
And flay their skin from off them;
And they break their bones, and chop them in pieces,
As for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Isaiah 3:15. And grind the faces — The expression and the image is strong, to denote grievous oppression but is exceeded by the prophet Micah, Micah 3:1-3: -
"Hear, I pray you, ye chiefs of Jacob,
And ye princes of the house of Israel:
Is it not yours to know what is right?
Ye that hate good and love evil:
Who tear their skins from off them,
And their flesh from off their bones;
Who devour the flesh of my people;
And flay from off them their skin;
And their bones they dash in pieces;
And chop them asunder, as morsels for the pot:
And as flesh thrown into the midst of the caldron."
In the last line but one, for ××שר keasher, read, by the transposition of a letter, ×ש×ר kisher, with the Septuagint and Chaldee.
