The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor [is] in your houses.
Ver. 14. The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients.] With the princes and rulers, each of which shall have cause to cry out,
“ Iudex ante fui, nunc iudicis ante tribunal Sistor. ”
For ye have eaten up the vineyard.] Vos, non caret emphasi, "Ye," even "ye" that should have preserved it, and wrought in it, have depastured and destroyed my vineyard, that is, my Church, as Isa 5:17 or poor men's possessions, through your extortions and oppressions.
And the spoil of the poor is in your houses.] You are taken επ αυτοφωρω, a in the very act of your theft, as Cacus was, and Verres, &c.
a Deprehensi estis in furto. - Oecolamp.