Isaiah 3:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and the princes thereof: It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְהוָה֙ בְּמִשְׁפָּ֣ט יָב֔וֹא עִם־זִקְנֵ֥י עַמּ֖וֹ וְשָׂרָ֑יו וְאַתֶּם֙ בִּֽעַרְתֶּ֣ם הַכֶּ֔רֶם גְּזֵלַ֥ת הֶֽעָנִ֖י בְּבָתֵּיכֶֽם

Transliteration

YHWH in-mišpāṭ yābôʾ with-ziqnê ʿammô and-śārāyw; and-ʾattem biʿartem the-kerem, gəzēlat the-ʿānî in-bāttêkem

Grammar Details

*YHWH*: divine name
*bəmišpāṭ*: preposition with noun, masculine singular - in judgment
*yābôʾ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will come/enter
*ʿim*: preposition - with
*ziqnê*: noun, masculine plural construct - elders of
*ʿammô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his people
*śārāyw*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his princes
*ʾattem*: 2nd person masculine plural pronoun - you
*biʿartem*: Piel perfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you have consumed/destroyed
*hakerem*: definite noun, masculine singular - the vineyard
*gəzēlat*: noun, feminine singular construct - plunder of
*heʿānî*: definite adjective, masculine singular - the poor/afflicted
*bəbāttêkem*: preposition with noun, masculine plural with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - in your houses

Word Meanings

*mišpāṭ*: judgment/justice/legal case
*bôʾ*: come/enter/arrive
*zāqēn*: elder/old man/aged one
*ʿam*: people/nation/folk
*śar*: prince/official/captain
*biʿēr*: consumed/destroyed/burned
*kerem*: vineyard/orchard/plantation
*gəzēlāh*: plunder/spoil/what is stolen
*ʿānî*: poor/afflicted/humble
*bayit*: house/home/household

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 22:4 : 4 Is it for thy fear [of him] that he reproveth thee, That he entereth with thee into judgment?
Ps 143:2 : 2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant; For in thy sight no man living is righteous.
Isa 3:2-3 : 2 the mighty man, and the man of war; the judge, and the prophet, and the diviner, and the elder; 3 the captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counsellor, and the expert artificer, and the skilful enchanter.
Isa 5:7 : 7 For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but, behold, oppression; for righteousness, but, behold, a cry.
Jer 5:27 : 27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.
Amos 4:1 : 1 Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, that crush the needy, that say unto their lords, Bring, and let us drink.
Mic 2:2 : 2 And they covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
Mic 6:10 : 10 Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure that is abominable?
Matt 21:33 : 33 Hear another parable: There was a man that was a householder, who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.
Jas 2:6 : 6 But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?
Job 24:2-7 : 2 There are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them. 3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow's ox for a pledge. 4 They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves. 5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wilderness [yieldeth] them bread for their children. 6 They cut their provender in the field; And they glean the vintage of the wicked. 7 They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.
Job 24:9 : 9 There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;
Job 34:23 : 23 For he needeth not further to consider a man, That he should go before God in judgment.
Ps 14:4 : 4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people [as] they eat bread, And call not upon Jehovah?

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