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Woeהוֹיto those who decreeהַחֹקְקִיםdecreesחִקְקֵיof wickedness,אָוֶןand to the writersוּמְכַתְּבִיםwho writeכִּתֵּבוּsuffering,עָמָל
Isaiah 10:1
Study it in the app“Woe to those who decree decrees of wickedness, and to the writers who write suffering,”
Woe to those who write laws that strip the poor of their rightsJustice and mercy
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 10:1, word by word
- Woeהוֹיhoy
woe
A cry of grief for the dead or a warning of disaster.
Where else “hoy” appears- to those who decreeחֹקְקִיםchokkim
decree
To make laws, set rules.
Where else “chokkim” appears- decreesחִקְקֵיchikke
decree
Rules someone in power lays down for others.
Where else “chikke” appears- of wickednessאָוֶןaven
wickedness
The evil one does.
Where else “aven” appears- and to the writersמְכַתְּבִיםmechatvim
write
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “mechatvim” appears- sufferingעָמָלamal
suffering
Pain one goes through, or harm done to others.
Where else “amal” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2to turn aside the poor from judgment, and to rob the afflicted of my people of justice, so that widows become their spoil, and that they may plunder the orphans!