Verse 15
What mean ye, that ye beat my people to pieces ,.... Reduce them to the utmost poverty; so the Targum,
"wherefore do ye impoverish my people?'
as they did by exacting tithes of all that they possessed; by requiring large sums for their long prayers; and by various traditions they enjoined them to observe:
and grind the faces of the poor ? either by smiting them on the cheek, as Christ, who became poor for our sakes, was smitten by them; or by bringing them into such low circumstances, by their exorbitant demands, that they had not sufficiency of food to eat; by which means their faces became pale, thin, and meagre:
saith the Lord God of Hosts : who saw all their actions, and was able to plead his people's cause, and take vengeance on their oppressors.
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