Isaiah 3:14
ContextNETBible | The Lord comes to pronounce judgment on the leaders of his people and their officials. He says, 1 “It is you 2 who have ruined 3 the vineyard! 4 You have stashed in your houses what you have stolen from the poor. 5 |
XREF | Job 22:4; Job 24:2-7; Job 34:23; Ps 143:2; Isa 3:2,3; Isa 5:7; Jer 5:27; Am 4:1; Mic 2:2; Mic 6:10; Mt 21:33 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn The words “he says” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. 2 tn The pronominal element is masculine plural; the leaders are addressed. 3 tn The verb בָּעַר (ba’ar, “graze, ruin”; HALOT 146 s.v. II בער) is a homonym of the more common בָּעַר (ba’ar, “burn”; see HALOT 145 s.v. I בער). 4 sn The vineyard is a metaphor for the nation here. See 5:1-7. 5 tn Heb “the plunder of the poor [is] in your houses” (so NASB). |