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

The land was dark with the wrath of the Lord of armies: the people were like those who take men's flesh for food.

And the envy of Ephraim will be gone, and those who make trouble for Judah will come to an end: Ephraim will have no more envy of Judah, and there will be an end of Judah's hate for Ephraim.

Their tongues are bent like a bow to send out false words: they have become strong in the land, but not for good faith: they go on from evil to evil, and they have no knowledge of me, says the Lord.

But your eyes and your heart are fixed only on profit for yourself, on causing the death of him who has done no wrong, and on violent and cruel acts.

See, the rulers of Israel, every one in his family, have been causing death in you.

Give ear to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are in the hill of Samaria, by whom the poor are kept down, and those in need are crushed; who say to their lords, Get out the wine and give us drink.

And I said, Give ear, now, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the people of Israel: is it not for you to have knowledge of what is right?

This is what the Lord of armies has said: Let your judging be upright and done in good faith, let every man have mercy and pity for his brother:

And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.

But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges?

See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies.

Child

O nation full of sin, a people weighted down with crime, a generation of evil-doers, false-hearted children: they have gone away from the Lord, they have no respect for the Holy One of Israel, their hearts are turned back from him.

Get up from your seats before the white-haired, and give honour to the old, and let the fear of your God be before you: I am the Lord.

Then from there he went up to Beth-el; and on his way, some little boys came out from the town and made sport of him, crying, Go up, old no-hair! go up, old no-hair!

But now those who are younger than I make sport of me; those whose fathers I would not have put with the dogs of my flocks.

Base

And when King David came to Bahurim, a man of Saul's family named Shimei, the son of Gera, came out from there, calling curses after him.

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, like an error which comes by chance from a ruler:

Then they put shame on him, and were cruel to him: and some gave him blows, saying,

And they took off his clothing, and put on him a red robe.

And some put shame on him and, covering his face, gave him blows and said to him, Now say what is to come: and the captains took him and gave him blows with their hands.

And, covering his eyes, they said to him, Are you prophet enough to say who gave you that blow?

General references

Get up from your seats before the white-haired, and give honour to the old, and let the fear of your God be before you: I am the Lord.

Then Moses sent for Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: and they said, We will not come up: