Isaiah 3:8-15

Judgment on Judah and Jerusalem

8 For Jerusalem has stumbled,
and Judah has fallen,
because their z speech and their deeds are against the Lord,
a defying his glorious presence. 1

9 For the look on their faces bears witness against them;
they proclaim their sin b like Sodom;
they do not hide it.
Woe to them!
c For they have brought evil on themselves.
 10 d Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them,
e for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
 11 f Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him,
for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.
 12 My people - g infants are their oppressors,
and women rule over them.
O my people, h your guides mislead you
and they have swallowed up 2 the course of your paths.

13 The Lord i has taken his place to contend;
he stands to judge peoples.
 14 The Lord will enter into judgment
with the j elders and princes of his people:
"It is you who k have devoured 3 the vineyard,
l the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
 15 What do you mean by m crushing my people,
by grinding the face of the poor?"
declares the Lord God of hosts.

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 73:9 - 11
    They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth.
  2. Cross References
    Isaiah 65:3
    A people who provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens and making offerings on bricks.
  3. Cross References
    Genesis 13:13
    Now the men of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the Lord.
    Genesis 18:20
    Then the Lord said, "Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave.
    Ezekiel 16:46
    And your elder sister is Samaria, who lived with her daughters to the north of you; and your younger sister, who lived to the south of you, is Sodom with her daughters.
    Ezekiel 16:48 - 49
    As I live, declares the Lord God, your sister Sodom and her daughters have not done as you and your daughters have done.
  4. Cross References
    Romans 6:23
    For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  5. Cross References
    Ecclesiastes 8:12
    Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I know that it will be well with those who fear God, because they fear before him.
    Deuteronomy 28:1 - 14
    And if you faithfully obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 128:2
    You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.
  7. Cross References
    Ecclesiastes 8:13
    But it will not be well with the wicked, neither will he prolong his days like a shadow, because he does not fear before God.
    Deuteronomy 28:15 - 68
    But if you will not obey the voice of the Lord your God or be careful to do all his commandments and his statutes that I command you today, then all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you.
  8. Cross References
    Isaiah 3:4
    And I will make boys their princes, and infants shall rule over them.
  9. Cross References
    Isaiah 28:14 - 22
    Therefore hear the word of the Lord, you scoffers, who rule this people in Jerusalem!
  10. Cross References
    Psalms 7:6
    Arise, O Lord, in your anger; lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies; awake for me; you have appointed a judgment.
    Hosea 4:1
    Hear the word of the Lord, O children of Israel, for the Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land.
  11. Cross References
    Micah 3:1
    And I said: Hear, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel! Is it not for you to know justice? -
  12. Cross References
    Psalms 14:4
    Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers who eat up my people as they eat bread and do not call upon the Lord ?
  13. Cross References
    Amos 3:10
    "They do not know how to do right," declares the Lord, "those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds."
  14. Cross References
    Psalms 94:5
    They crush your people, O Lord, and afflict your heritage.
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