◄ Isaiah 3:13 ►
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Good News Translation
The LORD is ready to state his case; he is ready to judge his people.

New Revised Standard Version
The LORD rises to argue his case; he stands to judge the peoples.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD is ready to accuse and judge all nations.

New American Bible
The LORD rises to accuse, stands to try his people.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord standeth up to judge, and he standeth to judge the people.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The Lord standeth up to judge, and he standeth to judge the people.

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Psalm 12:5 By reason of the misery of the needy, and the groans of the poor, now will I arise, saith the Lord. I will set him in safety: I will deal confidently in his regard.

Proverbs 22:22,23 Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor: and do not oppress the needy in the gate: . . .

Proverbs 23:10,11 Touch not the bounds of little ones: and enter not into the field of the fatherless: . . .

Hosea 4:1,2 Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel, for the Lord shall enter into judgment with the inhabitants of the land: for there is no truth, and there is no mercy, and there is no knowledge of God in the land. . . .

Micah 6:2 Let the mountains hear the judgment of the Lord, and the strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord will enter into judgment with his people, and he will plead against Israel.

Context
A Judgment Against Judah
…12As for my people, their oppressors have stripped them, and women have ruled over them. O my people, they that call thee blessed, the same deceive thee, and destroy the way of thy steps. 13The Lord standeth up to judge, and he standeth to judge the people.14The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and its princes: for you have devoured the vineyard, and the spoil of the poor is in your house.…
Cross References
Psalm 74:22
Arise, O God, judge thy own cause: remember thy reproaches with which the foolish man hath reproached thee all the day.

Psalm 82:1
A psalm for Asaph. God hath stood in the congregation of gods: and being in the midst of them he judgeth gods.

Isaiah 51:22
Thus saith thy Sovereign the Lord, and thy God, who will fight for his people: Behold I have taken out of thy hand the cup of dead sleep, the dregs of the cup of my indignation, thou shalt not drink it again any more.

Isaiah 66:16
For the Lord shall judge by fire, and by his sword unto all flesh, and the slain of the Lord shall be many.

Hosea 4:1
Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel, for the Lord shall enter into judgment with the inhabitants of the land: for there is no truth, and there is no mercy, and there is no knowledge of God in the land.

Joel 3:12
Let them arise, and let the nations come up into the valley of Josaphat: for there I will sit to judge all nations round about.

Micah 6:2
Let the mountains hear the judgment of the Lord, and the strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord will enter into judgment with his people, and he will plead against Israel.

Isaiah 3:12
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