Isaiah 10:2

to deprive the needy of their rights, and to rob the poor among my people of mishpat ·justice·, that widows may be their plunder, and that they may make the orphans their prey!

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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 to those who decree vain striving of iniquity decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees;

3What will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your kavod ·weighty glory·?

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Cross References

Exodus 23:6+ 23:6. Ex 23:6 (Ex 23:3, 23:1-9) (#10.585): T. Not to deny a poor person his rights in a lawsuit / R. A judge must not decide unjustly the case of the habitual transgressor R. Note: Oral Tradition specifies this poor person is one observant of Torah ·Teaching· “You shall not deny right judgement to your poor people in their lawsuits.

Psalms 94:6They kill the widow and the alien, 2 and murder the fatherless. 1

Proverbs 30:14There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, 2 and their jaws like knives, 2 to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men. 1

Isaiah 1:23Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves. 2 Everyone 'ahav ·affectionately loves· bribes, and follows after rewards. 2 They don’t judge the orphan, 2 neither does the cause of the widow come to them. 1

Isaiah 5:7For the vineyard of Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies] is the house of Israel [God prevails], 2 and the men of Judah [Praised] his pleasant plant: 2 and he looked for mishpat ·justice·, but, behold, oppression; 2 for righteousness, but, behold, a cry of distress. 1

Isaiah 29:21who cause a person to be found in sin ·err (the standard goal)· by a word, and lay a snare for the arbiter in the gate, and who deprive the innocent of justice with false testimony.

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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