Isaiah 3:5

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Summary

And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.

The people

Child

Base

General references

Leviticus 19:32

Numbers 16:12

Bible References

The people

By the fury of the Lord of hosts the land is burned up,
And the people are like fuel for the fire;
No man spares his brother.

Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart,
And those who harass Judah will be cut off;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
And Judah will not harass Ephraim.

“They bend their tongue like their bow;
Lies and not truth prevail in the land;
For they proceed from evil to evil,
And they do not know Me,” declares the Lord.

“But your eyes and your heart
Are intent only upon your own dishonest gain,
And on shedding innocent blood
And on practicing oppression and extortion.”

“Behold, the rulers of Israel, each according to his power, have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood.

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan who are on the mountain of Samaria,
Who oppress the poor, who crush the needy,
Who say to your husbands, “Bring now, that we may drink!”

And I said,
“Hear now, heads of Jacob
And rulers of the house of Israel.
Is it not for you to know justice?

“Thus has the Lord of hosts said, ‘Dispense true justice and practice kindness and compassion each to his brother;

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the orphan, and those who turn aside the

alien and do not fear Me,” says the Lord of hosts.

But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you and personally drag you into court?

Behold, the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

Child

Alas, sinful nation,
People weighed down with iniquity,

Offspring of evildoers,

Sons who act corruptly!
They have abandoned the Lord,
They have despised the Holy One of Israel,
They have turned away from Him.

‘You shall rise up before the grayheaded and honor the aged, and you shall revere your God; I am the Lord.

Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!”

“But now those younger than I mock me,
Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.

Base

When King David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out from there a man of the family of the house of Saul whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera; he came out cursing continually as he came.

There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like an error which goes forth from the ruler—

Then they spat in His face and beat Him with their fists; and others slapped Him,

They stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him.

Some began to spit at Him, and

to blindfold Him, and to beat Him with their fists, and to say to Him, “Prophesy!” And the officers received Him with slaps in the face.

and they blindfolded Him and were asking Him, saying, “Prophesy, who is the one who hit You?”

General references

‘You shall rise up before the grayheaded and honor the aged, and you shall revere your God; I am the Lord.

Then Moses sent a summons to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; but they said, “We will not come up.