Focused Passage

Isaiah 10:1-4

Woe to Unjust Decrees, Assyria the Rod, and the Return of the Remnant

The chapter moves from woe against unjust rulers, to the final judgment refrain, to Assyria as the LORD’s rod, to Assyria’s arrogant boasting, to the LORD’s judgment on Assyria, to remnant return, to comfort for Zion, to the terrifying Assyrian advance, and finally to the LORD cutting down the lofty forest.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

1 Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,

2 to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.

3 What 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?

4 Nothing 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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References and Original Words

Verse 1

Cross-references

Luke 11:46 Classic cross-references Luke 11:52 Classic cross-references Psalms 94:20 Classic cross-references 1 Corinthians 6:9 Classic cross-references Micah 3:1 Classic cross-references James 2:1-7 OliveGrove study links Luke 4:18-19 OliveGrove study links Matthew 23:23 OliveGrove study links

Original words

Woe ה֥וֹי H1945 Interjection to those who enact הַחֹֽקְקִ֖ים H2710 Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural unjust אָ֑וֶן H205 Noun - masculine singular statutes חִקְקֵי־ H2711 Noun - masculine plural construct and issue וּֽמְכַתְּבִ֥ים H3789 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural oppressive עָמָ֖ל H5999 Noun - masculine singular decrees כִּתֵּֽבוּ׃ H3789 Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural

Verse 2

Cross-references

Colossians 3:16 Classic cross-references Isaiah 5:23 Classic cross-references Psalms 94:6 Classic cross-references Exodus 22:22 Classic cross-references Malachi 3:5 Classic cross-references James 2:1-7 OliveGrove study links Luke 4:18-19 OliveGrove study links Matthew 23:23 OliveGrove study links

Original words

to deprive לְהַטּ֤וֹת H5186 Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct the poor דַּלִּ֔ים H1800 Adjective - masculine plural construct of fair treatment מִדִּין֙ H1779 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular and withhold וְלִגְזֹ֕ל H1497 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct justice מִשְׁפַּ֖ט H4941 Noun - masculine singular construct from the oppressed עֲנִיֵּ֣י H6041 Adjective - masculine plural construct of My people עַמִּ֑י H5971 Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular to make לִהְי֤וֹת H1961 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct widows אַלְמָנוֹת֙ H490 Noun - feminine plural their prey שְׁלָלָ֔ם H7998 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural and וְאֶת־ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker orphans יְתוֹמִ֖ים H3490 Noun - masculine plural their plunder יָבֹֽזּוּ׃ H962 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural

Verse 3

Cross-references

1 Peter 2:12 Classic cross-references Hosea 9:5 Classic cross-references Hosea 9:7 Classic cross-references Luke 19:44 Classic cross-references Micah 7:4 Classic cross-references James 2:1-7 OliveGrove study links Luke 4:18-19 OliveGrove study links Matthew 23:23 OliveGrove study links

Original words

What וּמַֽה־ H4100 Conjunctive waw | Interrogative will you do תַּעֲשׂוּ֙ H6213 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural on the day לְי֣וֹם H3117 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct of reckoning פְּקֻדָּ֔ה H6486 Noun - feminine singular when devastation וּלְשׁוֹאָ֖ה H7722 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular comes תָּב֑וֹא H935 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular from afar מִמֶּרְחָ֣ק H4801 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular To עַל־ H5921 Preposition whom מִי֙ H4310 Interrogative will you flee תָּנ֣וּסוּ H5127 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural for help לְעֶזְרָ֔ה H5833 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular Where וְאָ֥נָה H575 Conjunctive waw | Interrogative will you leave תַעַזְב֖וּ H5800 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural your wealth כְּבוֹדְכֶֽם׃ H3519 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural

Verse 4

Cross-references

Psalms 138:7 Classic cross-references Isaiah 5:25 Classic cross-references 1 Samuel 2:4 Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 32:30 Classic cross-references Ezekiel 14:9 Classic cross-references James 2:1-7 OliveGrove study links Luke 4:18-19 OliveGrove study links Matthew 23:23 OliveGrove study links

Original words

Nothing will remain בִּלְתִּ֤י H1115 Preposition but to crouch כָרַע֙ H3766 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular among תַּ֣חַת H8478 Preposition the captives אַסִּ֔יר H616 Noun - masculine singular or fall יִפֹּ֑לוּ H5307 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural among וְתַ֥חַת H8478 Conjunctive waw | Preposition the slain הֲרוּגִ֖ים H2026 Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural Despite all בְּכָל־ H3605 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct this זֹאת֙ H2063 Pronoun - feminine singular His anger אַפּ֔וֹ H639 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular is not לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle turned away שָׁ֣ב H7725 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular His hand יָד֥וֹ H3027 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular is still וְע֖וֹד H5750 Conjunctive waw | Adverb upraised נְטוּיָֽה׃ס H5186 Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular

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