Isaiah 10:2
The Scripture
(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!
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Isaiah pronounced woe on those who decreed unjust laws and oppressed the poor, then declared that Assyria was merely the rod of God's anger sent to punish Israel's hypocrisy. Because Assyria boasted in its own strength rather than acknowledging the LORD, God promised to judge Assyria's pride and destroy its army after using it as His instrument.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Isaiah 29:21Lamentations 3:35Amos 2:7Amos 5:11Amos 5:12Malachi 3:5Isaiah 1:23Isaiah 3:14Isaiah 5:7Jeremiah 7:6Ezekiel 22:7Matthew 23:14
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