Isaiah 10:2

To turn aside the needy from their rights, 1 and to withhold mishpat from the aniyyei Ami, 1 that almanot may be their prey, 1 and that they may rob the yetomim! 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1Woe unto them that decree unrighteous chukim, 1 and that write decrees of oppression; 1

3And what will ye do in the Yom Pekuddah (Day Of Visitation, Reckoning) 1 and in the desolation which shall come from afar? 1 To whom will ye flee for ezrah (help)? 1 And where will ye leave your kavod (glory, riches)? 1

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Cross References

Exodus 23:6Thou shalt not pervert the mishpat of thy poor in his riv (cause, lawsuit).

Psalms 94:6They slay the almanah and the ger, 1 and murder the yetomim (fatherless, orphans). 1

Proverbs 30:14There is a dor (generation), whose teeth are as charavot (swords), 1 and their jaw teeth are as knives, 1 to devour the aniyim (oppressed poor ones) from off ha'aretz, 1 and the evyonim (needy ones) from among adam. 1

Isaiah 1:23Thy sarim (princes) are rebellious, 1 and companions of ganavim: 1 every one loveth bribes, 1 and followeth after rewards: 1 they give no justice to the fatherless, 1 neither doth the cause of the almanah come unto them. 1

Isaiah 5:7For the Kerem Hashem Tzva'os 1 is Bais Yisroel, 1 and the Ish Yehudah 1 are the planting of His delight; 1 and He looked for mishpat (justice), 1 but, hinei, mishpach (bloodshed, rapaciousness); 1 for tzedakah, but, hinei, tze'akah (cry of distress). 1

Isaiah 29:21That make an adam an offender with a devar, 1 and lay a snare for the mokhiach (reprover, defender) in the sha'ar (gate, court), 1 and turn aside the tzaddik from justice.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 10:2-5

The Condemnation of Oppressors. ( b. c. 740.) 1 Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; 2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! 3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory? 4 Without me they shall bow down under… Read the whole commentary →

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