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Isa. 10:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Woeg unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and ηthat write grievousness which they have prescribed;

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Psa. 94:20• ²⁰Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? (Psa. 94:20)

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1-4: The woe of tyrants.

5-19: Assyria, the rod of hypocrites, for his pride shall be broken.

20-23: A remnant of Israel shall be saved.

24-34: Judah is comforted with promise of deliverance from Assyria.

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Isa. 3:11• ¹¹Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. (Isa. 3:11)

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Isa. 5:8,11,18,20‑22• ⁸Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
¹¹Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
¹⁸Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
²⁰Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
²¹Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
²²Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: (Isa. 5:8,11,18,20‑22)

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Jer. 22:13• ¹³Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbor's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work; (Jer. 22:13)

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Hab. 2:6,9,12,15,19• ⁶Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
⁹Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
¹²Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
¹⁵Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
¹⁹Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it. (Hab. 2:6,9,12,15,19)

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Matt. 11:21• ²¹Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. (Matt. 11:21)

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Matt. 23:13‑16,23,27,29• ¹³But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
¹⁴Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
¹⁵Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
¹⁶Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
²³Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
²⁷Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
²⁹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, (Matt. 23:13‑16,23,27,29)

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Matt. 26:24• ²⁴The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born. (Matt. 26:24)

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Luke 11:42‑44,46‑47,52• ⁴²But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
⁴³Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
⁴⁴Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.
⁴⁶And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.
⁴⁷Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
⁵²Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered. (Luke 11:42‑44,46‑47,52)

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Jude 11• ¹¹Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. (Jude 11)

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1 Kings 21:13• ¹³And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died. (1 Kings 21:13)

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Esther 3:10‑13• ¹⁰And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
¹¹And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.
¹²Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.
¹³And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey. (Esther 3:10‑13)

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Psa. 58:2• ²Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. (Psa. 58:2)

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Psa. 94:20‑21• ²⁰Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
²¹They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. (Psa. 94:20‑21)

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Dan. 6:8‑9• ⁸Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
⁹Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree. (Dan. 6:8‑9)

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Mic. 3:1‑4,9‑11• ¹And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?
²Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
³Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
⁴Then shall they cry unto the Lord, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.
⁹Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
¹⁰They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
¹¹The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us. (Mic. 3:1‑4,9‑11)

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Mic. 6:16• ¹⁶For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people. (Mic. 6:16)

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John 9:22• ²²These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. (John 9:22)

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John 19:6• ⁶When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him. (John 19:6)

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• {v.1-4} They would still practice deceit and treachery and oppression, and bring upon themselves what is described as “the day of visitation”. Having forsaken their God, He would be no refuge for them in that hour of distress, and His hand would still be against them. (“Isaiah 10” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Woe unto them that decree iniquitous decrees, and to the writers that prescribe oppression,