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Isaiah 10:1

JusticePoverty and the vulnerable
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?

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,
KJV
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
WEB
Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees
ASV
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers that write perverseness;
DARBY
Woe unto them that decree iniquitous decrees, and to the writers that prescribe oppression,
BLB
Woe [to] those decreeing decrees of iniquity and writers writing perverseness,
ÅB
Ve dem som gir urettferdige lover og utsteder fordervelige skrivelser
OTB
Ve dem som lager urettferdige lover og dem som stadig skriver skadelige forordninger,
B1930
Ve dem som gir urettferdige lover og utsteder fordervelige skrivelser

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Luke 11:52

    Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.

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  • Micah 3:1–4

    And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?

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  • Matthew 23:23

    Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

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  • Psalms 94:20–21

    Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?

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  • Habakkuk 2:6

    Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!

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  • John 9:22

    These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

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  • John 19:6

    When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.

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  • Luke 11:42–44

    But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

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