Isaiah 10:1 - Compare All Versions

Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees

Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees, and the writers who keep writing oppression

What sorrow awaits the unjust judges and those who issue unfair laws.

Woe  to those enacting crooked statutes and writing oppressive laws

Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed

“Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, Who write misfortune, Which they have prescribed

Doom to you who legislate evil, who make laws that make victims— Laws that make misery for the poor, that rob my destitute people of dignity, Exploiting defenseless widows, taking advantage of homeless children. What will you have to say on Judgment Day, when Doomsday arrives out of the blue? Who will you get to help you? What good will your money do you? A sorry sight you’ll be then, huddled with the prisoners, or just some corpses stacked in the street. Even after all this, God is still angry, his fist still raised, ready to hit them again.

Woe to those who enact unjust statutes And to those who constantly record harmful decisions

Woe (judgment is coming) to those [judges] who issue evil statutes, And to those [magistrates] who constantly record unjust and oppressive decisions

Those who enact unjust policies are as good as dead, those who are always instituting unfair regulations