Isaiah 3:15
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Why do you consume my people, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord the God of hosts.

what mean

Ezekiel 18:2 That you use among you this parable as a proverb in the land of Israel, saying: The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.

Jonah 1:6 And the mariners were afraid, and the men cried to their god: and they cast forth the wares that were in the ship, into the sea, to lighten it of them: and Jonah went down into the inner part of the ship, and fell into a deep sleep.

ye beat

Isaiah 58:4 Behold you fast for debates and strife, and strike with the fist wickedly. Do not fast as you have done until this day, to make your cry to be heard on high.

Exodus 5:14 And they that were over the works of the children of Israel, were scourged by Pharao's taskmasters, saying: Why have you not made up the task of bricks, both yesterday and to day, as before?

Amos 2:6,7 Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Israel, and for four I will not convert him: because he hath sold the just man for silver, and the poor man for a pair of shoes. . . .

Amos 8:4-6 And the hinges of the temple shall screak in that day, saith the Lord God: many shall die: silence shall be cast in every place. . . .

Micah 3:2,3 And I said: Hear, O ye princes of Jacob, and ye chiefs of the house of Israel: Is it not your part to know judgment, . . .

Context
A Judgment Against Judah
14The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and its princes: for you have devoured the vineyard, and the spoil of the poor is in your house. 15Why do you consume my people, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord the God of hosts.
Cross References
Psalm 94:5
Thy people, O Lord, they have brought low: and they have afflicted thy inheritance.

Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel: and the man of Juda, his pleasant plant: and I looked that he should do judgment, and behold iniquity: and do justice, and behold a cry.

Isaiah 10:2
To oppress the poor in judgment, and do violence to the cause of the humble of my people: that widows might be their prey, and that they might rob the fatherless.

Isaiah 14:30
And the firstborn of the poor shall be fed, and the poor shall rest with confidence: and I will make thy root perish with famine, and I will kill thy remnant.

Isaiah 26:6
The foot shall tread it down, the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy.

Isaiah 29:19
And the meek shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 30:12
Therefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel: Because you have rejected this word, and have trusted in oppression and tumult, and have leaned upon it:

Isaiah 32:6
For the fool will speak foolish things, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and speak to the Lord deceitfully, and to make empty the soul of the hungry, and take away drink from the thirsty.

Isaiah 58:4
Behold you fast for debates and strife, and strike with the fist wickedly. Do not fast as you have done until this day, to make your cry to be heard on high.

Isaiah 63:8
And he said: Surely they are my people, children that will not deny: so he became their saviour.

Ezekiel 18:2
That you use among you this parable as a proverb in the land of Israel, saying: The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.

Lexicon
Why
לָּכֶם֙‪‬ (lā·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of

do you crush
תְּדַכְּא֣וּ (tə·ḏak·kə·’ū)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1792: To crumble, to bruise

My people
עַמִּ֔י (‘am·mî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

and grind
תִּטְחָ֑נוּ (tiṭ·ḥā·nū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2912: To grind meal, to be a, concubine

the faces
וּפְנֵ֥י (ū·p̄ə·nê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

of the poor?”
עֲנִיִּ֖ים (‘ă·nî·yîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6041: Poor, afflicted, humble

declares
נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5002: An oracle

the Lord
אֲדֹנָ֥י (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 136: The Lord

GOD
יְהוִ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3069: YHWH

of Hosts.
צְבָאֽוֹת׃ (ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ)
Noun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 6635: A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign


Additional Translations
Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.What mean you that you beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? said the Lord GOD of hosts.

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

Why do ye wrong my people, and shame the face of the poor?

What mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the faces of the afflicted? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

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

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

What do you mean that you crush my people, and grind the face of the poor?" says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.

What -- to you? ye bruise My people, And the faces of the poor ye grind.' An affirmation of the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, And Jehovah saith:
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