Isaiah 10:1-2

10:1 Those who enact unjust policies are as good as dead, ¹ 

those who are always instituting unfair regulations, ² 

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

and to deprive ³  the oppressed among my people of justice,

so they can steal what widows own,

and loot what belongs to orphans. ⁴ 

[10:1]  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.

[10:1]  ² tn Heb “[to] the writers who write out harm.” The participle and verb are in the Piel, suggesting repetitive action.

[10:2]  ³ tn Or “rob” (ASV, NASB, NCV, NRSV); KJV “take away the right from the poor.”

[10:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “so that widows are their plunder, and they can loot orphans.”