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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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WRITE. ordain, or register; legalize iniquities.
GRIEVOUSNESS. oppression.
PRESCRIBED. written....
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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CHAPTER TEN
D. PRESERVATION IN IMMANUEL
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SOCIAL INJUSTICE
TEXT: Isaiah 10:1-4
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Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers that
write perverseness;
2
to turn aside the n...
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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 G...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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הֹ֥וי הַ חֹֽקְקִ֖ים חִקְקֵי ־אָ֑וֶן
וּֽ מְכַת
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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)_...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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WOE UPON TYRANTS...
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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...
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THAT WRITE GRIVOUSNESS:
Or, to the writers that write grievousness...
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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...
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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....
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Isaiah 10:1 Woe H1945 decree H2710 (H8802) unrighteous H205 decrees
H2711 write H3789 (H8764) misfortune H5999 prescrib
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Kings 21:13; Daniel 6:8; Daniel 6:9; Esther 3:10; Habakkuk 2:12;...
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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....