🕊️WEB · Isaiah 3:11
What does Isaiah 3:11 mean?
"Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him."
— Isaiah 3:11 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen; because their tongue and their doings are against Yahweh, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
The look of their faces testify against them. They parade their sin like Sodom. They don’t hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought disaster upon themselves.
Tell the righteous “Good!” For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.
As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people, those who lead you cause you to err, and destroy the way of your paths.
Yahweh stands up to contend, and stands to judge the peoples.
Yahweh will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and their leaders: “It is you who have eaten up the vineyard. The plunder of the poor is in your houses.
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