Isaiah 10:1
Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,
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Exodus 23:3And do not show favoritism to a poor man in his lawsuit.
1 Kings 21:13And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.
Psalms 58:2No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.
Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
Isaiah 5:11Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.
Isaiah 5:20Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with 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 →