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Isaiah 3:15

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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10 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
מַה־לָּכֶם֙mah-la.khemwhat-[is] to you?H4100 →
תְּדַכְּא֣וּte.da.ke.'Uyou crushH1792 →
עַמִּ֔י'a.Mipeople myH5971 →
וּפְנֵ֥יu.fe.Neiand [the] faces ofH6440 →
עֲנִיִּ֖ים'a.ni.Yimpoor [people]H6041 →
תִּטְחָ֑נוּtit.Cha.nuyou grindH2912 →
נְאֻם־ne.'um-[the] utterance ofH5002 →
אֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136 →
יְהוִ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3069 →
צְבָאֽוֹת׃ סtze.va.'otof hostsH6635 →

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Psalms 94:5They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.Micah 3:2–3You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.Amos 2:6–7This 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 8:4–6Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,Acts 21:32Immediately he took some soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When the people saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.Isaiah 32:6For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.Isaiah 26:6Feet trample it down—the feet of the oppressed, the steps of the poor.Deuteronomy 24:17Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.Ecclesiastes 5:8If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.Isaiah 14:30Then the firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root by famine, and your remnant will be slain.Micah 3:2You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.Psalms 10:9He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.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’?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?”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.Acts 21:13Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”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.”

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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