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Isaiah 10:2 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 10 · verse 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!Isaiah 10:2 · King James Version
Isaiah 10:2 in context
1Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
2To 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!
3And 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?
4Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- judgmentdîynjudgementH1779 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- widowsʼalmânâha widowH490 →
- asidenâṭâhto stretch or spread outH5186 →
- needydalproperly, danglingH1800 →
- rightmishpâṭproperly, a verdict pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree divine…H4941 →
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Whether they were the princes and judges of Israel of Judah, or both, that the prophet denounced this woe against, is not certain: if those of Israel, these verses are to be joined with the close of the foregoing chapter, which is probable enough, because the burden of that prophecy (for all this his anger is not…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-4