the — properly, to hack, i.e. engrave (Judges 5:14, to be a scribe simply); by implication, to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive times) or (gen.) prescribeחִקְקֵי
chêqeq
an enactment, a resolutionאָ֑וֶן
ʼâven
strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idolוּֽמְכַתְּבִ֥ים
kâthab
and — to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)עָמָ֖ל
ʻâmâl
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, whether of body or mindכִּתֵּֽבוּ
kâthab
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
Isaiah 10:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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Woe (judgment is coming) to those [judges] who issue evil statutes, And to those [magistrates] who constantly record unjust and oppressive decisions,
This woe against corrupt lawmakers, not foreign nations, returns the book's attention to Judah's own courts after two chapters focused on the child and the wider conflict.
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Today's memory verse · from this session
“Woe (judgment is coming) to those [judges] who issue evil statutes, And to those [magistrates] who constantly record unjust and oppressive decisions,”
This woe against corrupt lawmakers, not foreign nations, returns the book's attention to Judah's own courts after two chapters focused on the child and the wider conflict.