Isaiah 10:2

Translations

Modern

…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.

Traditional

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!

Literal

…to turn aside justness from the poor, and to tear away justice from the lowly of My people, that widows may be their prey, and fatherless their plunder!

Latin

…ut opprimerent in judicio pauperes, et vim facerent causæ humilium populi mei; ut essent viduæ præda eorum, et pupillos diriperent.

Original

Hebrew

English

…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.

Notes

Isaiah 10:1–4

This prophecy was spoken against the leaders of Judah. They used their positions of authority for personal gain.

Instead of serving the people, they made themselves rich. They did this at the people’s expense. God spoke this message to confront their injustice and wrongdoing.

Isaiah 7:1–12:6

These prophecies occurred when Assyria rose to power. Syria and Israel formed an alliance against Judah (Isaiah 7:1–2; see 2 Kings 16:5). God used Assyria as a tool to punish Syria, Israel, and Judah (Isaiah 7–10).

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah God’s Justice Salvation in Isaiah Social Justice True Justice

Events

Prophecies of Isaiah

Related verses

Malachi 3:5
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
Isaiah 3:14
The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: “You have devoured the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.
Isaiah 1:23
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
Isaiah 5:23
…who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.
Isaiah 29:21
…those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.
Ezekiel 22:7
Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.
Lamentations 3:35
…to deny a man justice before the Most High,
Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.
Jeremiah 7:6
…if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,
Amos 5:11–12
Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.
Amos 2:7
They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.
Matthew 23:13
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.

Glossary

Alms Isaiah, Book of Jesse (Person) Orphan Prophecy

Topics

Court: Corrupt Fatherless: God Will: Punish Those Who Oppress Fatherless: The Wicked: Rob Isaiah: Prophecies, Reproofs, and Exhortations of Denounces Judgments Against False Prophets Orphan: General Scriptures Concerning Poor: Oppressions of Rulers: Wicked The Poor: Punishment For: Acting Unjustly Towards Theft: Woe Denounced Against Widow: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Widows: The Wicked: Make a Prey of Widows: Woe to Those Who Oppress

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