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Isaiah 10:1-3

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

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?

Isaiah 10:1-3 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Isaiah 10:1

Theological / Devotional

Unrighteous decrees. The evil here denounced is one of which Israel and Judah were both guilty. It is the evil already denounced in Judah in chs. 1:23 and 5:23. The crime was one of injustice against the poor and needy, against widows and orphans, against the unfortunate and the oppressed. Men were thinking only of themselves and of their own interests. The weakness of the age was selfishness and greed, an evil that was gnawing at the very heart of the nation.

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