13The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.
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Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD'S controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.
Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. …
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: …
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: …
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-15)Here God proceeds in his controversy with his people. Observe, I. The ground of his controversy. It was for sin that God contended with them; if they vex themselves, let them look a little further and they will see that they must thank themselves: Woe unto their souls! For they have rewarded evil unto themselves. Alas for their souls ! (so it may be read, in a way of lamentation), for they have pr…
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