Isaiah 10:2

1 Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,

to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.

3 What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?

4 Nothing will remain but to crouch among the captives or fall among the slain. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

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
to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.
KJV
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!
WEB
to 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!
ASV
to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
DARBY
to turn away the poor from judgment, and to take away the right from the afflicted of my people; that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
BLB
to turn aside justness from the poor, and to tear away justice from the lowly of My people, that widows may be their prey, and fatherless their plunder!
ÅB
for å trenge småfolk bort fra domstolen og for å frarane de fattige i mitt folk deres rett, for å gjøre enker til sitt bytte og for å plyndre de farløse.
OTB
for å nekte de trengende rettferdighet og frarøve de fattige blant mitt folk deres rettigheter, gjøre enker til sitt bytte og plyndre de farløse.
B1930
for å trenge småfolk bort fra domstolen og for å frarane de fattige i mitt folk deres rett, for å gjøre enker til sitt bytte og for å plyndre de farløse.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Malachi 3:5

    “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.

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  • Isaiah 3:14

    The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: “You have devoured the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.

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  • Ezekiel 22:7

    Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.

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  • Isaiah 29:21

    those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.

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  • Isaiah 5:23

    who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.

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  • Isaiah 1:23

    Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.

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  • Isaiah 5:7

    For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.

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  • Jeremiah 7:6

    if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,

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