Their works and their sayings are proof of their being against God’s Word. The Lord is ‘provoked’, and He is hurt by their doings. And today in America and Europe, we have leaders that are on the socialist boat. Socialism is communism, there is no difference. It is against the principles of the founding fathers of the great Christian nations. It is, against God. By lying to the peoples, saying "peace and prosperity", when we are worse off economically, and financially today more than in any other point in our nation’s history; a system of lies from ‘babe’ leaders to people with ‘babes’ minds, has aided in bringing these problems upon us. Any social system that keeps the people from thinking for themselves, and doing for themselves, cutting off ingenuity and invention, will fail!The Pilgrim forefathers at Jamestown learned this the hard way. Their first year of raising crops and feeding the village was based on socialism, in other words, even if you didn’t pull your load of work, you still got the same amount of food as the others. Everything was held in common. Many starved that first year. The next year, things changed. If you didn’t work, you didn’t eat, and all that you gained in excess, was yours to sell. They had an abundance of prosperity that next year, and no one starved.¹

Isa 3:9   The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

     It shows on their faces! They don’t even feel shame! They're proud of their ‘gay rights’, feminist movements to break the family structure up, and their socialist idealism that leads to atheism, and the sins of Sodom!

Isa 3:10   Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

     The ‘righteous’ follower of God will have their good reward. They even have His protection while under this evil hand of authority that exists in the world.

Isa 3:11   Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

     The word ‘Woe’ undoubtedly is a curse. We’ll get to the ‘woes’ in the Book of Isaiah that God warns us of in a later chapter.

Isa 3:12   As for My People, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O My People, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.

     These are the leaders with ‘baby minds’ again, that oppress the people. ‘Women’ as used here, is meant in the sense of men that are weak, lacking the intestinal fortitude of a man. (Guts) It is not against women.

Isa 3:13   The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.

14   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.

     The word ‘plead’ in verse 13 is Hebrew ‘riyb’ meaning to ‘contend with’ or ‘rebuke’. God is not pleading or begging them to change, He is rebuking them. In verse 14, God is rebuking the elders (ancients of His People) for taking from the oppressed (poor), or stealing what little the poor have. Is this happening today? Do you know what financial ‘bailout’ is? It is the method of stealing the people’s wealth to insure banks bad dealings, so that the bank never sees a loss. Guess who approves the funds to support large scale bailouts? Government, they authorize our Federal Reserve (which is a 'private' institution) to print 'fiat' money (paper money not backed by any coin) to help large bailouts of banks (Chase Manhattan), and corporations (Chrysler for example). This causes inflation of our dollar, in other words, makes the dollar worth less. The taxpayer is at the end of the food chain of course. We see the change directly by prices going up. Many people think that businesses are raising prices because of greed (not that some may do this), but the real reason is