Isaiah 10:1

Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

2to deprive the needy of justice, and to rob the poor among my people of their rights, that widows may be their plunder, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

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Cross References

Exodus 23:3You shall not favor a poor man in his cause.

1 Kings 21:13The two men, the wicked fellows, came in and sat before him. The wicked fellows testified against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king!” Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him to death with stones.

Psalms 58:2No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands on the earth.

Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them, for the deeds of their hands will be paid back to them.

Isaiah 5:11Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink, who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them!

Isaiah 5:20Woe to those 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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