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What right have youמַה לָּכֶםthat you crushתְּדַכְּאוּmy peopleעַמִּיand grindוּ תִּטְחָנוּthe faceפְנֵיof the afflicted?עֲנִיִּיםdeclaresנְאֻםAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWHיְהוִהTsevaot.צְבָאוֹת
Isaiah 3:15
Study it in the app“What right have you that you crush my people and grind the face of the afflicted? declares Adonai YHWH Tsevaot.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 3:15, word by word
- that you crushתְּדַכְּאוּtedaku
crush
To grind down, oppress the weak.
Where else “tedaku” appears- my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- and grindתִּטְחָנוּtitchanu
grind
Grind.
Where else “titchanu” appears- the faceפְנֵיfene
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “fene” appears- of the afflictedעֲנִיִּיםaniyim
poor, afflicted
Poor, afflicted: one who suffers need and has no one to defend him; also humble.
Where else “aniyim” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- YHWHיְהוִהyehvi
YHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appears- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears
The context
14YHWH will enter into judgment with the elders of his people and his princes: And you have devoured the vineyard; the plunder of the afflicted is in your houses.
15 · This verse (above)
16And YHWH said: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with outstretched necks, and with eyes that ogle, walking and tripping along they go, and with their feet they jingle,