Isaiah

Isaiah 10:1–4

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.

³What 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?

⁴Nothing 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.

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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

Isaiah 10:3

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
What	וּמַֽה־	ū·mah-	Conjunctive waw; Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
will you do	תַּעֲשׂוּ֙	ta·‘ă·śū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H6213 do, make
on the day	לְי֣וֹם	lə·yō·wm	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3117 day
of reckoning	פְּקֻדָּ֔ה	pə·qud·dāh	Noun - feminine singular	H6486 oversight, mustering, visitation, store
when devastation	וּלְשׁוֹאָ֖ה	ū·lə·šō·w·’āh	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular	H7722 ravage (?)
comes	תָּב֑וֹא	tā·ḇō·w	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
from afar	מִמֶּרְחָ֣ק	mim·mer·ḥāq	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H4801 distant place, distance
To	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
whom	מִי֙	mî	Interrogative	H4310 who?
will you flee	תָּנ֣וּסוּ	tā·nū·sū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H5127 flee, escape
for help	לְעֶזְרָ֔ה	lə·‘ez·rāh	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular	H5833 help, succour, assistance
Where	וְאָ֥נָה	wə·’ā·nāh	Conjunctive waw; Interrogative	H575 where?
will you leave	תַעַזְב֖וּ	ṯa·‘az·ḇū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H5800 leave, forsake, loose
your wealth	כְּבוֹדְכֶֽם׃	kə·ḇō·wḏ·ḵem	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine plural	H3519 abundance, honour, glory

Isaiah 10:4

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Nothing will remain	בִּלְתִּ֤י	bil·tî	Preposition	H1115 not, except
but to crouch	כָרַע֙	ḵā·ra‘	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3766 bow down
among	תַּ֣חַת	ta·ḥaṯ	Preposition	H8478 the under part
the captives	אַסִּ֔יר	’as·sîr	Noun - masculine singular	H616 prisoners
or fall	יִפֹּ֑לוּ	yip·pō·lū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5307 fall, lie
among	וְתַ֥חַת	wə·ṯa·ḥaṯ	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H8478 the under part
the slain	הֲרוּגִ֖ים	hă·rū·ḡîm	Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural	H2026 kill, slay
Despite all	בְּכָל־	bə·ḵāl	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
this	זֹאת֙	zōṯ	Pronoun - feminine singular	H2063 this
His anger	אַפּ֔וֹ	’ap·pōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H639 nostril, nose, face, anger
is not	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
turned away	שָׁ֣ב	šāḇ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7725 turn back, return
His hand	יָד֥וֹ	yā·ḏōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H3027 hand
is still	וְע֖וֹד	wə·‘ō·wḏ	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H5750 a going round, continuance
upraised	נְטוּיָֽה׃ס	nə·ṭū·yāh	Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular	H5186 stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend