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Isaiah 10:1

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

those who are always instituting unfair regulations,2

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Heb “Woe [to] those who decree evil decrees.” On הוֹי (hoy, “woe, ah”) see the note on the first phrase of .
  2. 2 Heb “[to] the writers who write out harm.” The participle and verb are in the Piel, suggesting repetitive action.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees,

and the writers who keep writing oppression,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Woe to those who make unjust laws,

to those who issue oppressive decrees,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Woe to those enacting crooked statutes

and writing oppressive laws

NLTNew Living Translation

What sorrow awaits the unjust judges

and those who issue unfair laws.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Ah! Those who decree decrees of evil,

and writers who have written harm,

KJV 1900King James Version

Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees,

And that write grievousness which they have prescribed;