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Isaiah 3:14

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3:14The Lord comes to pronounce judgment

on the leaders of his people and their officials.

He says,32 “It is you33 who have ruined34 the vineyard!35

You have stashed in your houses what you have stolen from the poor.36

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Footnotes

  1. 32 The words “he says” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
  2. 33 The pronominal element is masculine plural; the leaders are addressed.
  3. 34 The verb בָּעַר (ba’ar, “graze, ruin”; II בער) is a homonym of the more common בָּעַר (ba’ar, “burn”; see I בער).
  4. 35 The vineyard is a metaphor for the nation here. See 5:1–7.
  5. 36 Heb “the plunder of the poor [is] in your houses” (so ).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The Lord will enter into judgment

with the elders and princes of his people:

“It is you who have devoured the vineyard,

the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The Lord enters into judgment

against the elders and leaders of his people:

“It is you who have ruined my vineyard;

the plunder from the poor is in your houses.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The Lord brings this charge

against the elders and leaders of his people:

“You have devastated the vineyard.

The plunder from the poor is in your houses.

NLTNew Living Translation

The Lord comes forward to pronounce judgment

on the elders and rulers of his people:

“You have ruined Israel, my vineyard.

Your houses are filled with things stolen from the poor.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Yahweh enters into judgment with the elders of his people and its princes.

“And you! You have devoured the vineyard;

the spoil of the poor is in your houses!

KJV 1900King James Version

The 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.