Verse 2

Isaiah 10:2

King James Version

2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
Original Language Text
hebrew
לְ/הַטּ֤וֹת מִ/דִּין֙ דַּלִּ֔ים וְ/לִ/גְזֹ֕ל מִשְׁפַּ֖ט עֲנִיֵּ֣י עַמִּ֑/י לִ/הְי֤וֹת אַלְמָנוֹת֙ שְׁלָלָ֔/ם וְ/אֶת יְתוֹמִ֖ים יָבֹֽזּוּ
English Translation
To pervert justice for the poor and to rob the judgment of the needy of my people, so that widows may be their prey, and they may plunder the orphans.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 10 Context
1 Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribe... Focus ↗
2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that w...
3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to wh... Focus ↗
4 Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all thi... Focus ↗
5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. Focus ↗
6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a... Focus ↗
7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cu... Focus ↗
8 For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings? Focus ↗
9 Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus? Focus ↗
10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem... Focus ↗
11 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols? Focus ↗
12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion an... Focus ↗
13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I... Focus ↗
14 And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left,... Focus ↗
15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself agains... Focus ↗
16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory h... Focus ↗
17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and dev... Focus ↗
18 And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they s... Focus ↗
19 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them. Focus ↗
20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the ho... Focus ↗
21 The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God (Elohim). Focus ↗
22 For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the con... Focus ↗
23 For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land. Focus ↗
24 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the... Focus ↗
25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction. Focus ↗
26 And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the ro... Focus ↗
27 And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, an... Focus ↗
28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages: Focus ↗
29 They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of... Focus ↗
30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth. Focus ↗
31 Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee. Focus ↗
32 As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of... Focus ↗
33 Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature s... Focus ↗
34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one. Focus ↗