John Gill's Exposition on Isaiah 3:14

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof, &c.] Both civil and ecclesiastical; the princes, chief priests, and elders of the people, who set themselves and took counsel together against the Lord and his Christ; would not suffer the people to be gathered to him; sought his life, and at last took it away. For ye have eaten up the vineyard, or burnt itf63; the house of Israel, and of Judah compared to a vineyard, in a following chapter; and so the Targum, “ye have oppressed my people;” these are the husbandmen our Lord speaks of, that beat the servants that were sent for the fruits of the vineyard, and at last killed the heir, (<402134>Matthew 21:34-41). The spoil of the poor [is] in your houses; the Pharisees devoured widows’ houses, and filled their own, with the spoil of them, (<402314>Matthew 23:14).

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