Isaiah 10:8

10:8 Indeed, ¹  he says:

“Are not my officials all kings?

Isaiah 10:2

10:2 to keep the poor from getting fair treatment,

and to deprive ²  the oppressed among my people of justice,

so they can steal what widows own,

and loot what belongs to orphans. ³ 

Isaiah 18:1

The Lord Will Judge a Distant Land in the South

18:1 The land of buzzing wings is as good as dead, ⁴ 

the one beyond the rivers of Cush,

¹ tn Or “For” (KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV).

² tn Or “rob” (ASV, NASB, NCV, NRSV); KJV “take away the right from the poor.”

³ tn Heb “so that widows are their plunder, and they can loot orphans.”

⁴ tn Heb “Woe [to] the land of buzzing wings.” On הוֹי (hoy, “woe, ah”) see the note on the first phrase of 1:4.