Isaiah 3:15

3:15 Why do you crush my people

and grind the faces of the poor?” ¹ 

The sovereign Lord who commands armies ²  has spoken.

Isaiah 14:32

14:32 How will they respond to the messengers of this nation? ³ 

Indeed, the Lord has made Zion secure;

the oppressed among his people will find safety in her.

Isaiah 54:11

54:11 “O afflicted one, driven away, ⁴  and unconsoled!

Look, I am about to set your stones in antimony

and I lay your foundation with lapis-lazuli.

[3:15]  ¹ sn The rhetorical question expresses the Lord’s outrage at what the leaders have done to the poor. He finds it almost unbelievable that they would have the audacity to treat his people in this manner.

[3:15]  ² tn Heb “the master, the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts].” On the title “the Lord who commands armies,” see the note at 1:9.

[14:32]  ³ sn The question forces the Philistines to consider the dilemma they will face – surrender and oppression, or battle and death.

[54:11]  ⁵ tn Or, more literally, “windblown, storm tossed.”