Isaiah 3:13 meaning and explanation

The LORD arises to contend; He stands to judge the people.

Isaiah 3:13, Berean Standard Bible

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Isaiah has just described a society collapsing under its own weight: leaders who mislead, the young oppressing the old, the poor crushed by the powerful. Now the prophet pictures the Lord rising from his seat, as a plaintiff stands in court, to press a legal case (the Hebrew rib) against the nation.

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