Isaiah Chapter 3 verse 13 Holy Bible
Jehovah standeth up to contend, and standeth to judge the peoples.
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The Lord is ready to take up his cause against his people, and is about to come forward as their judge.
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Jehovah setteth himself to plead, and standeth to judge the peoples.
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The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.
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Yahweh stands up to contend, And stands to judge the peoples.
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Jehovah hath stood up to plead, And He is standing to judge the peoples.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 13. - The Lord standeth up to plead. The great sin of the time was oppression of the poor by the rich, and especially by the rulers (Isaiah 1:15, 17, 21). In noticing this, the prophet, to give more weight to his denunciation, introduces Jehovah as standing up, and coming forward on the popular side, to plead the people's cause, and remonstrate with their oppressors. There is great force in this sudden entrance on the scene of Jehovah himself, as Pleader and Judge. And... judge the people; rather, the peoples. Primarily, Israel is God's care; but he does not stop at this point. All the nations of the earth are also under his protection.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(13) The Lord standeth up to plead . . .--The people may think that the prophet is their censor. He bids them know that Jehovah is their true accuser and their judge. "Ye," he says, with all the emphasis of a sudden change of person, as if turning, as he spoke, to the nobles and elders, "ye have devoured the vineyard, ye have spoiled the poor." (Comp. Isaiah 5:1-8; Proverbs 30:12-14.)
