Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
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Gill's Exposition
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees,.... Or, "O ye that decree", &c. being a sign of the vocative case, and an interjection of calling, as Aben Ezra observes; though the Targum and other…
Barnes' Notes
Wo unto them that decree unrighteous decrees - To those who frame statutes that are oppressive and iniquitous. The prophet here refers, doubtless, to the rulers and judges of the land of Judea. A…
Whether they were the princes and judges of Israel of Judah, or both, that the prophet denounced this woe against, is not certain: if those of Israel, these verses are to be joined with the close of…
Isa 9:8 to Isa 10:4 (+ Isa 5:25-30)
Jehovah's hand stretched out in wrath over His people. An oracle against North Israel
The key-note of the prophecy is given in the recurrent refrain Isa 9:12; Isa…
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