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

Through the wrath of LORD of hosts is the land burnt up, and the people are as the fuel of fire; no man spares his brother.

Also the envy of Ephraim shall depart, and those who vex Judah shall be cut off. Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.

And they bend their tongue--their bow--for falsehood, and they have grown strong in the land, but not for truth. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, says LORD.

But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

Behold, the rulers of Israel, each one according to his power, have been in thee to shed blood.

Hear this word, ye cows of Bashan, who are in the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their lords, Bring, and let us drink.

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

Thus LORD of hosts has spoken, saying, Execute TRUE justice, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.

And I will come near to you to judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the FALSE swearers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the f

But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich exploit you, and they themselves drag you into courts?

Behold the wage of the workmen who reaped your fields. The man who was defrauded by you cries out. And the outcries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of Lord of hosts.

Child

Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, sons who deal corruptly! They have forsaken LORD. They have despised the Holy One of Israel. They have gone away backward.

Thou shall rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shall fear thy God. I am LORD.

And he went up from there to Bethel. And as he was going up by the way, there came forth young lads out of the city, and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, thou baldhead; go up, thou baldhead.

But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

Base

And 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 as he came.

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which proceeds from the ruler:

Then they spat in his face and struck him with a fist. And some slapped him,

And having stripped him, they put a scarlet robe on him.

And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to strike him with a fist, and to say to him, Prophesy. And the subordinates were throwing him with slaps.

And having covered him, they struck his face, and demanded him, saying, Prophesy! Who is he who struck thee?

General references

Thou shall rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shall fear thy God. I am LORD.

And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab. And they said, We will not come up.