Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

The ancients

General references

Bible References

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Job 22:4

“Is it because of your fear of Him that He corrects you,
That He enters into judgment against you?
Job 34:23

“For He sets no appointed time for a man,
That he should appear before Him in judgment.
Psalm 143:2

And do not enter into judgment with Your servant,
For in Your sight no man living is righteous or justified.

The ancients

Isaiah 3:2

The brave man and the warrior [He is also removing],
The judge and the prophet,
The diviner and the elder,

Ye have eaten

Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house (nation) of Israel
And the men of Judah are His delightful planting [which He loves].
So He looked for justice, but in fact, [He saw] bloodshed and lawlessness;
[He looked] for righteousness, but in fact, [He heard] a cry of distress and oppression.
Job 24:2

“Some remove the landmarks;
They [violently] seize and pasture flocks [appropriating land and flocks openly].
Jeremiah 5:27

‘As a cage is full of birds,
So are their houses full of deceit and treachery;
Therefore they have become influential and rich.
Amos 4:1
Hear this word, you [well-fed, pampered] cows (women) of Bashan who are on the mountain of Samaria,
Who oppress the poor, who crush the needy,
Who say to their husbands, “Bring [the wine] now, and let us drink!”
Micah 2:2

They covet fields and seize them,
And houses, and take them away.
They oppress and rob a man and his house,
A man and his inheritance.
Micah 6:10

“Are there not still treasures gained by wickedness
In the house of the wicked,
And a short (inaccurate) measure [for grain] that is cursed?
Matthew 21:33
“Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard and put a wall around it and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower, and rented it out to tenant farmers and went on a journey [to another country].

General references

Leviticus 25:14
If you sell anything to your friend or buy from your friend, you shall not wrong one another.