14 The Lord will enter into judgment
With the elders of His people
And His princes:
“For you have [a]eaten up (A)the vineyard;
The plunder of the poor is in your houses.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 3:14 burned

“Is it because of your fear of Him that He corrects you,
And enters into judgment with you?

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But (A)you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you (B)and drag you into the courts?

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God’s Punishments Have Not Reformed Israel

Hear this word, you (A)cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria,
Who oppress the (B)poor,
Who crush the needy,
Who say to [a]your husbands, “Bring wine, let us (C)drink!”

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  1. Amos 4:1 Lit. their masters or lords

27 As a cage is full of birds,
So their houses are full of deceit.
Therefore they have become great and grown rich.

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For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel,
And the men of Judah are His pleasant plant.
He looked for justice, but behold, oppression;
For righteousness, but behold, [a]a cry for help.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:7 wailing

(A)The mighty man and the man of war,
The judge and the prophet,
And the diviner and the elder;
The captain of fifty and the [a]honorable man,
The counselor and the skillful artisan,
And the expert enchanter.

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  1. Isaiah 3:3 Eminent looking men

Do not enter into judgment with Your servant,
(A)For in Your sight no one living is righteous.

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Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
And (A)do not call on the Lord?

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Some snatch the fatherless from the breast,
And take a pledge from the poor.

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The Parable of the Wicked Vinedressers(A)

33 “Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner (B)who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a winepress in it and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and (C)went into a far country.

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10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness
In the house of the wicked,
And the short measure that is an abomination?

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They (A)covet fields and take them by violence,
Also houses, and seize them.
So they oppress a man and his house,
A man and his inheritance.

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23 For He need not further consider a man,
That he should go before God in judgment.

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Some remove (A)landmarks;
They seize flocks violently and feed on them;
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless;
They (B)take the widow’s ox as a pledge.
They push the needy off the road;
All the (C)poor of the land are forced to hide.
Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert,
They go out to their work, searching for food.
The wilderness yields food for them and for their children.
They gather their fodder in the field
And glean in the vineyard of the wicked.
They (D)spend the night naked, without clothing,
And have no covering in the cold.

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