10:1 Those who enact unjust policies are as good as dead, 1
those who are always instituting unfair regulations, 2
1 tn Heb “Woe [to] those who decree evil decrees.” On הוֹי (hoy, “woe, ah”) see the note on the first phrase of 1:4.
2 tn Heb “[to] the writers who write out harm.” The participle and verb are in the Piel, suggesting repetitive action.
3 tn Grk “saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.
4 tn Or “The scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.
5 sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.
6 tn Grk “for they say and do not do.”
7 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
8 tn Or “boast about you in external matters,” “in the outward rite” (cf. v. 12).