Verse 15

What mean ye that ye beat{H1792} my people{H5971} to pieces{H1792}{(H8762)}, and grind{H2912}{(H8799)} the faces{H6440} of the poor{H6041}? saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069} of hosts{H6635}.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 94:5 : 5 They break in pieces{H1792}{H8762)} thy people{H5971}, O LORD{H3068}, and afflict{H6031}{H8762)} thine heritage{H5159}.
  • Isa 58:4 : 4 Behold, ye fast{H6684}{(H8799)} for strife{H7379} and debate{H4683}, and to smite{H5221}{(H8687)} with the fist{H106} of wickedness{H7562}: ye shall not fast{H6684}{(H8799)} as ye do this day{H3117}, to make your voice{H6963} to be heard{H8085}{(H8687)} on high{H4791}.
  • Ezek 18:2 : 2 What mean ye, that ye use{H4911}{(H8802)} this proverb{H4912} concerning the land{H127} of Israel{H3478}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, The fathers{H1} have eaten{H398}{(H8799)} sour grapes{H1155}, and the children's{H1121} teeth{H8127} are set on edge{H6949}{(H8799)}?
  • Amos 2:6-7 : 6 Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}; For three{H7969} transgressions{H6588} of Israel{H3478}, and for four{H702}, I will not turn away{H7725}{(H8686)} the punishment thereof; because they sold{H4376}{(H8800)} the righteous{H6662} for silver{H3701}, and the poor{H34} for a pair of shoes{H5275}; 7 That pant{H7602}{(H8802)} after the dust{H6083} of the earth{H776} on the head{H7218} of the poor{H1800}, and turn aside{H5186}{(H8686)} the way{H1870} of the meek{H6035}: and a man{H376} and his father{H1} will go{H3212}{(H8799)} in unto the same maid{H5291}, to profane{H2490}{(H8763)} my holy{H6944} name{H8034}:
  • Amos 8:4-6 : 4 Hear{H8085}{(H8798)} this, O ye that swallow up{H7602}{(H8802)} the needy{H34}, even to make{H7673} the poor{H6041}{(H8675)}{H6035} of the land{H776} to fail{H7673}{(H8687)}, 5 Saying{H559}{(H8800)}, When will the new moon{H2320} be gone{H5674}{(H8799)}, that we may sell{H7666}{(H8686)} corn{H7668}? and the sabbath{H7676}, that we may set forth{H6605}{(H8799)} wheat{H1250}, making the ephah{H374} small{H6994}{(H8687)}, and the shekel{H8255} great{H1431}{(H8687)}, and falsifying{H5791}{(H8763)} the balances{H3976} by deceit{H4820}? 6 That we may buy{H7069}{(H8800)} the poor{H1800} for silver{H3701}, and the needy{H34} for a pair of shoes{H5275}; yea, and sell{H7666}{(H8686)} the refuse{H4651} of the wheat{H1250}?
  • Jonah 1:6 : 6 So the shipmaster{H7227}{H2259} came{H7126}{(H8799)} to him, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper{H7290}{(H8737)}? arise{H6965}{(H8798)}, call{H7121}{(H8798)} upon thy God{H430}, if so be that God{H430} will think{H6245}{(H8691)} upon us, that we perish{H6}{(H8799)} not.
  • Mic 3:2-3 : 2 Who hate{H8130}{(H8802)} the good{H2896}, and love{H157}{(H8802)} the evil{H7451}; who pluck off{H1497}{(H8802)} their skin{H5785} from off them, and their flesh{H7607} from off their bones{H6106}; 3 Who also eat{H398}{(H8804)} the flesh{H7607} of my people{H5971}, and flay{H6584}{(H8689)} their skin{H5785} from off them; and they break{H6476}{(H8765)} their bones{H6106}, and chop them in pieces{H6566}{(H8804)}, as for the pot{H5518}, and as flesh{H1320} within{H8432} the caldron{H7037}.
  • Exod 5:14 : 14 And the officers{H7860}{(H8802)} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, which Pharaoh's{H6547} taskmasters{H5065}{(H8802)} had set{H7760}{(H8804)} over them, were beaten{H5221}{(H8714)}, and demanded{H559}{(H8800)}, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled{H3615}{(H8765)} your task{H2706} in making brick{H3835}{(H8800)} both yesterday{H8543} and to day{H3117}, as heretofore{H8032}{H8543}?