10Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.11Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them! They will be paid back for what their hands have done.12Youths oppress my people, women rule over them. O my people, your guides lead you astray;they turn you from the path.13The LORD takes his place in court; he rises to judge the people.14The LORD enters into judgment against the elders and leaders of his people: "It is you who have ruined my vineyard; the plunder from the poor is in your houses.15What do you mean by crushing my people and grinding the faces of the poor?" declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty.
(the following is from Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary -- www.christnotes.org)
"Commentary on Isaiah 3:10-15
The rule was certain; however there might be national prosperity or trouble, it would be well with the righteous and ill with the wicked. Blessed be God, there is abundant encouragement to the righteous to trust in him, and for sinners to repent and return to him. It was time for the Lord to show his might. He will call men to a strict account for all the wealth and power intrusted to and abused by them. If it is sinful to disregard the necessities of the poor, how odious and wicked a part do they act, who bring men into poverty, and then oppress them!"
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