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Isaiah 3:15

What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
Isaiah 3:15 · King James Version

In other versions

  • what mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

    ASV

  • 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.

    BBE

  • What mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the faces of the afflicted? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

    DBY

  • What do you mean that you crush my people, And grind the face of the poor?" says the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts.

    WEB

  • 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:

    YLT

  • What mean all of you that all of you beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? says the Lord GOD of hosts.

    ENG

  • What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

    WBT

  • Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

    BSB

In context

13The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.

14The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

15What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

16Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:

17Therefore the LORD will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts.

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