Isaiah 10:1

Woe unto them that decree iniquitous decrees, and to the writers that prescribe oppression,

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;

In Context

2to turn away the poor from judgment, and to take away the right from the afflicted of my people; that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

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Cross References

Exodus 23:3Neither shalt thou favour a poor man in his cause.

1 Kings 21:13And there came the two men, sons of Belial, and sat before him; and the men of Belial witnessed against him, against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. And they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

Psalms 58:2Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

Isaiah 3:11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill [with him], because the desert of his hands shall be rendered unto him.

Isaiah 5:11Woe unto them that, rising early in the morning, run after strong drink; that linger till twilight, [till] wine inflameth them!

Isaiah 5:20Woe unto them who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 10:1

The prophet, in this chapter, is dealing, I. With the proud oppressors of his people at home, that abused their power, to pervert justice, whom he would reckon with for their tyranny, ver. 1-4 . II. With a threatening invader of his people from abroad, Sennacherib king of Assyria, concerning whom observe, 1. The commission given him to invade Judah, ver. 5, 6 . 2. His pride and insolence in the execution of that commission, ver. 7-11 , 13 , 14 . 3. A rebuke given to his haughtiness, and a threatening of his fall… Read the whole commentary →

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