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The Brutality of Oppression
Commentators explain that the phrases "crush my people" and "grind the face of the poor" are powerful metaphors for extreme cruelty. This isn't just neglect; it's the active, systematic destruction of the poor's livelihood and dignity, like grinding a substance on a stone until nothing is left.
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 3:15
18th Century
Theologian
What do you mean - What is your object? Or, What advantage is it to you? Or, By what right or pretense do you do this?
Beat my peo…
John Calvin
On Isaiah 3:15
16th Century
Theologian
What do you mean that you beat my people to pieces? The Prophet also mentions other particulars, from which it is evident that they ruled …
John Gill
On Isaiah 3:15
17th Century
Pastor
What mean you, [that] you beat my people to pieces
Reduce them to the utmost poverty; so the Targum, "wherefore do y…
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Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 3:10–15
17th Century
Minister
The rule was certain; whatever national prosperity or trouble might exist, it would be well with the righteous and ill with the wicked. Blessed be …