Bible verse
The LORD arises to contend; He stands to judge the people.
Isaiah 3:13 · BSB
The verses around it, from Isaiah 3.
9 The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.
10 Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
11 Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
12 Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.
13 The LORD arises to contend; He stands to judge the people.
14 The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: “You have devoured the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.
15 Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
16 The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—
17 the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.”
KJV
The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.
ASV
Jehovah standeth up to contend, and standeth to judge the peoples.
ERV
The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the peoples.
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