What does Isaiah 3:14 mean?
A terrifying image emerges from Isaiah's prophetic warning. He pictures the Lord as standing in a courtroom to present His case against the leaders of His people. They must listen as God describes not just how they have failed to provide for His people, but also how they have stolen from His people for their own gain.Instead of protecting God's people from harm, these leaders have become the harm. They are the ones who have devoured the peoples resources, This could mean that they have taken the food from the people as a tax. The shocking statement regarding the "spoil of the poor" means that the leaders have taken what little the poor people have into their own homes. Instead of protecting the poor, they are using their power to take from those who already have so little to provide for their own households.
The accusation in the second half of this verse begins a statement coming from God, Himself. This continues into the following verse (Isaiah 3:15).