Isaiah 3:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.”
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“Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord God of hosts.”
King James Version · Public Domain“what mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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:”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 3:15 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 5:14Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over the people, were beaten and asked, “Why have you not fulfilled your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before?”
- Psalms 94:5They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.
- Proverbs 30:14there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.
- Isaiah 58:4You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice be heard on high.
- Ezekiel 18:2“What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge’?
- Amos 2:6This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.
- Amos 2:7They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.
- Amos 8:4Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,
- Jonah 1:6The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”
- Micah 3:2You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.
- Micah 3:3You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.”
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