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Isaiah 3:15

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3:15Why do you crush my people

and grind the faces of the poor?”37

The sovereign Lord who commands armies38 has spoken.

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Footnotes

  1. 37 The rhetorical question expresses the Lord’s outrage at what the leaders have done to the poor. He finds it almost unbelievable that they would have the audacity to treat his people in this manner.
  2. 38 Heb “the master, the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts].” On the title “the Lord who commands armies,” see the note at . The use of this title, which also appears in v. 1, forms an inclusio around vv. 1–15. The speech begins and ends with a reference to “the master, the Lord who commands armies.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

What do you mean by crushing my people,

by grinding the face of the poor?”

declares the Lord God of hosts.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

What do you mean by crushing my people

and grinding the faces of the poor?”

declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Why do you crush my people

and grind the faces of the poor?”

This is the declaration

of the Lord God of Armies.

NLTNew Living Translation

How dare you crush my people,

grinding the faces of the poor into the dust?”

demands the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Why do you crush my people

and grind the face of the poor?”

declares the Lord Yahweh of hosts.

KJV 1900King James Version

What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces,

And grind the faces of the poor?

Saith the Lord God of hosts.