Isaiah 3:14

14. The parties are now distinctly named.

The ancients The elders, heads of houses and tribes, responsible representatives of the people.

Ye have The address is direct. The charge is against these guides.

Eaten up the vineyard Destroyed God’s Church by subverting its purity. Ye have “eaten” (literally, burnt) this up. The same in effect as if it stood, “Ye have robbed my people;” and thus it better accords with the word spoil, plunder; the evidence of which is, that it is in your houses.