Isaiah

Isaiah 10:1–2

¹Woe to those who enact unjust statutes

and issue oppressive decrees,

²to deprive the poor of fair treatment

and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people,

to make widows their prey

and orphans their plunder.

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Isaiah 10:1

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Woe	ה֥וֹי	hō·w	Interjection	H1945 Ah, Alas, Ha
to those who enact	הַחֹֽקְקִ֖ים	ha·ḥō·qə·qîm	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H2710 cut in, inscribe, decree
unjust	אָ֑וֶן	’ā·wen	Noun - masculine singular	H205 trouble, sorrow, wickedness
statutes	חִקְקֵי־	ḥiq·qê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H2711 enactment, resolution
and issue	וּֽמְכַתְּבִ֥ים	ū·mə·ḵat·tə·ḇîm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural	H3789 write
oppressive	עָמָ֖ל	‘ā·māl	Noun - masculine singular	H5999 trouble, labour, toil
decrees	כִּתֵּֽבוּ׃	kit·tê·ḇū	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural	H3789 write

Isaiah 10:2

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
to deprive	לְהַטּ֤וֹת	lə·haṭ·ṭō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H5186 stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend
the poor	דַּלִּ֔ים	dal·lîm	Adjective - masculine plural construct	H1800 low, weak, poor, thin
of fair treatment	מִדִּין֙	mid·dîn	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H1779 judgment
and withhold	וְלִגְזֹ֕ל	wə·liḡ·zōl	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H1497 tear away, seize, rob
justice	מִשְׁפַּ֖ט	miš·paṭ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4941 judgment
from the oppressed	עֲנִיֵּ֣י	‘ă·nî·yê	Adjective - masculine plural construct	H6041 poor, afflicted, humble, meek
of My people	עַמִּ֑י	‘am·mî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H5971 people
to make	לִהְי֤וֹת	lih·yō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
widows	אַלְמָנוֹת֙	’al·mā·nō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H490 widow
their prey	שְׁלָלָ֔ם	šə·lā·lām	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H7998 prey, spoil, plunder, booty
and	וְאֶת־	wə·’eṯ-	Conjunctive waw; Direct object marker	H853 mark of the accusative
orphans	יְתוֹמִ֖ים	yə·ṯō·w·mîm	Noun - masculine plural	H3490 orphan
their plunder	יָבֹֽזּוּ׃	yā·ḇōz·zū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H962 spoil, plunder

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Isaiah 10:1 Luke 11:52 · Micah 3:1–4 · Matthew 23:23 · Psalm 94:20–21 · John 19:6 · Luke 11:42–44 · Habakkuk 2:6 · John 9:22 · Matthew 26:24 · Isaiah 5:18 · Habakkuk 2:9 · Habakkuk 2:12

Isaiah 10:2 Malachi 3:5 · Isaiah 3:14 · Isaiah 5:23 · Ezekiel 22:7 · Isaiah 29:21 · Isaiah 1:23

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.