Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees - namely, unrighteous judges.
And that write grievousness which they have prescribed - not the scribes, but the magistrates who caused unjust decisions (literally, injustice, or 'grievousness') to be recorded by them (; ; ).
CHAPTER X _God's judgments against oppressive rulers_, 1-4. _The prophet foretells the invasion of Sennacherib, and the_ _destruction of his army. That mighty monarch is represented as_ _a rod in...
WO UNTO THEM THAT DECREE UNRIGHTEOUS DECREES - To those who frame statutes that are oppressive and iniquitous. The prophet here refers, doubtless, to the rulers and judges of the land of Judea. A simi...
CHAPTER 10 The Assyrian, His invasion of Immanuel's land, and His end 1. _The first four verses belong to the preceding chapter. A description of the Assyrian enemy (Isaiah 10:5)_ 2. _The overthrow o...
ISAIAH 9:8 TO ISAIAH 10:4. YAHWEH SMITES EPHRAIM WITH STROKE AFTER STROKE. It is generally agreed that Isaiah 5:26 formed the closing strophe of this poem (p. 440). The date is probably before the coa...
WRITE. ordain, or register; legalize iniquities. GRIEVOUSNESS. oppression. PRESCRIBED. written....
Isaiah 9:8 to Isaiah 10:4 (+ Isaiah 5:25-30) Jehovah's hand stretched out in wrath over His people. An oracle against North Israel The key-note of the prophecy is given in the recurrent refrain...
_that decree unrighteous decrees, &c._ Better perhaps, THAT DRAW UP MISCHIEVOUS ORDINANCES AND ARE CONTINUALLY WRITING OPPRESSION. The magnates are addressed not as judges but as legislators; their of...
Fourth strophe. Most critics consider that at this point the scene changes from Samaria to Jerusalem; (1) because the internal condition of Ephraim has already been depicted in the last stages of diss...
WOE UNTO THEM THAT DECREE UNRIGHTEOUS DECREES, &C.— We have in the two first verses the fourth fault, and in the third and fourth the punishment. The fault complained of is, the injustice and the iniq...
CHAPTER TEN D. PRESERVATION IN IMMANUEL 1. SOCIAL INJUSTICE TEXT: Isaiah 10:1-4 1 Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers that write perverseness; 2 to turn aside the n...
DIVINE JUDGMENTS ON THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL This section relates throughout to the kingdom of Israel. It belongs to the same period as the Chapter s immediately preceding, and treats of the ruin which I...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S PLANS FOR JUDAH, ASSYRIA AND EGYPT ISAIAH CHAPTER S 10 TO 20 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 10 GOD’S JUDGEMENT AGAINST EVIL LAWS V1 *Woe to those who make crue...
X. (1) WOE UNTO THEM THAT DECREE UNRIGHTEOUS DECREES... — The division of the Chapter s is again misleading. Isaiah 10:1 continue the discourse of Isaiah 9, and end with the final knell, “For all this...
הֹ֥וי הַ חֹֽקְקִ֖ים חִקְקֵי ־אָ֑וֶן וּֽ מְכַת
CHAPTER VII THE MESSIAH WE have now reached that point of Isaiah's prophesying at which the Messiah becomes the most conspicuous figure on his horizon. Let us take advantage of it to gather into one...
SOCIAL INJUSTICE CONDEMNED Isaiah 9:18-21; Isaiah 10:1-4 The terrible indictment of the preceding paragraphs is continued here. Notice the awful monotony of the refrain, Isaiah 9:12; Isaiah 9:17; Is...
Here we have the message of hope (verses Isa 9:1-7) in the glorious picture of the Coming Deliverer, with the equally glorious record of the results of His Coming. It is one of the greatest Messianic...
Woe to them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that (a) write grievousness [which] they have prescribed; (a) Who write and pronounce a wicked sentence to oppress the people: meaning, that the wicke...
_Injustice. These great ones excite God's indignation. (Calmet) --- Jeroboam forbidding any to go to Jerusalem; and the Pharisees establishing their wicked traditions, ruined all. (Worthington)_...
CONTENTS The Prophet is here denouncing punishment in the Lord's name, to the proud oppressors of his people. In the midst of which there are several sweet breakings-out of that great salvation by Je...
Amidst general sins, with which both the people of God, and the oppressors of the Lord's people, are said to abound, the Prophet is pointing to some special instances of the kind, which marked the hig...
1._Woe to them that decree. _He now attacks the people more closely, as he did in the first and second chapters, to make them feel that they are justly afflicted; for men never acknowledge that they a...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 9:8-21, 10, 11, AND 12. In Isaiah 9:8 the Spirit, having given the great leading facts as to Messiah, Immanuel, resumes the general history of Israel without...
WOE UNTO THEM THAT DECREE UNRIGHTEOUS DECREES,.... Or, "O ye that decree", c. הוי being a sign of the vocative case, and an interjection of calling, as Aben Ezra observes though the Targum and other v...
_Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness [which] they have prescribed;_ Ver. 1. _Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees._] Having denounced woe to wicked of...
_Wo_, &c. The first four verses of this chapter are closely connected with the foregoing, and ought to have been joined thereto, being a continuation of the subject treated of in it. We have here the...
WOE UPON TYRANTS...
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, in tyrannical legislation, AND THAT WRITE GRIEVOUSNESS WHICH THEY HAVE PRESCRIBED, making and enforcing laws which bring unbearable oppressions to the po...
THAT WRITE GRIVOUSNESS: Or, to the writers that write grievousness...
1-4 These verses are to be joined with the foregoing chapter. Woe to the superior powers that devise and decree unrighteous decrees! And woe to the inferior officers that draw them up, and enter them...
ISAIAH CHAPTER 10 The woe of unjust oppressors, ISAIAH 10:1: of Assyria for their pride and ambition: his folly in it, ISAIAH 10:5. A remnant of Israel shall be saved, and that speedily, ISAIAH 10:20....
Isaiah 10:1 Woe H1945 decree H2710 (H8802) unrighteous H205 decrees H2711 write H3789 (H8764) misfortune H5999 prescrib
CHAPTER ISAIAH 10:1 THE FOURTH CHASTISEMENT. BAD LEADERSHIP, RANK INJUSTICE, AND CAPTIVITY (ISAIAH 10:1). Analysis. · Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write troubl...
CONTENTS: The commission to invade Judah and its execution. Threatening of the invaders ruin after serving God's purpose. New encouragement given to God's people. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: God som...
The first four verses, are properly a part of the preseding chapter, and contain a severe reproof of the magistrates who wrested the judgment of the poor and needy. Isaiah 10:5. _Oh Assyrian._ Hebrews...
_Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees_ CRIME UNDER COLOUR OF LAW The prophet has described the sins of Ephraim in a general manner; but on the mention of Judah he proceeds to denounce what...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 10:1 Corrupt WEALTH leads to helplessness. ⇐ ⇔...
LEGALISED INJUSTICE Isaiah 10:1. _Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, &c._ I. An indictment against wicked magistrates. II. A challenge. III. A sentence. I. Magistrates and rulers are answ...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 10:1 The prophecy begun in Isaiah 9:8 terminates with this stanza, which contains a warning against injustice and oppression, addressed to Israel and Judah equally, and accompanied...
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, tha...
1 Kings 21:13; Daniel 6:8; Daniel 6:9; Esther 3:10; Habakkuk 2:12;...
Woe — Unto those magistrates who make unjust laws, and give unjust sentences. Grievousness — Grievous things, such unjust decrees as cause grief and vexation to their subjects....