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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 wickedness have fellowship with thee,{HR}Which frameth mischief by statute? (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 desert 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 room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!
¹¹Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, [that] they may follow strong drink; that tarry late into the night, [till] wine inflame them!
¹⁸Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope; that say,
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 neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work; that saith, (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 many pledges!
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 neighbour 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• ²¹{i}Woe to thee, Chorazin! woe to thee Bethsaida! for if the works of power which have taken place in you, had taken place in Tyre and Sidon, they had long ago repented in sackcloth and ashes.{/i} (Matt. 11:21)

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Matt. 23:13‑16,23,27,29• ¹³{i}But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye shut up the kingdom of the heavens before men; for ye do not enter, nor do ye suffer those that are entering to go in.{/i}
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¹⁵{i}Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye compass the sea and the dry [land] to make one proselyte, and when he is become [such], ye make him twofold more [the] son of hell than yourselves.{/i}
¹⁶{i}Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.{/i}
²³{i}Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye pay tithes of mint and anise and cummin, and ye have left aside the weightier matters of the law, judgment and mercy and faith: these ye ought to have done and not have left those aside.{/i}
²⁷{i}Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye are like whited sepulchres, which appear beautiful outwardly, but within are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness.{/i}
²⁹{i}Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets and adorn the tombs of the just,{/i} (Matt. 23:13‑16,23,27,29)

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Matt. 26:24• ²⁴{i}The Son of man goes indeed, according as it is written concerning him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is delivered up; it were good for that man if he had not been born.{/i} (Matt. 26:24)

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Luke 11:42‑44,46‑47,52• ⁴²{i}But{/i} woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe the mint and the rue and every herb, and pass by the judgment and the love of God: these ye ought to have done, and not have left those aside.
⁴³Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the first seat in the synagogues, and salutations in the market-places.
⁴⁴Woe unto you, [scribes, and Pharisees, hypocrites] for ye are as the sepulchres which appear not, and the men walking over them do not know [it].
⁴⁶{i}And he said,{/i} Woe unto you also, doctors of the law! for ye lay upon men burdens heavy to bear, and yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
⁴⁷{i}Woe unto you, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, but your fathers killed them.{/i}
⁵²Woe unto you, the doctors of the law, for ye have taken away the key of knowledge; yourselves have {i}not{/i} entered in and those who were entering in ye have hindered. (Luke 11:42‑44,46‑47,52)

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Jude 11• ¹¹Woe unto them! because they went in the way of Cain, and rushed greedily into the error of Balaam's hire, and perished in the gainsaying of Korah. (Jude 11)

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1 Kings 21:13• ¹³{i}And there came the two men, sons of Belial, and sat before him; and the men of Belial witnessed against him, against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. And they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.{/i} (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 in the first month, on the thirteenth day thereof, and there was written according to all that Haman commanded unto the king's satraps and to the governors that [were] over every province, and to the princes of every people; to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and it was sealed with the king's ring.
¹³And letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to slay, 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 iniquities;{HR}In the earth ye weigh the violence of your hands. (Psa. 58:2)

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Psa. 94:20‑21• ²⁰Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee,{HR}Which frameth mischief by statute?
²¹They gather themselves against the soul of the righteous,{HR}And condemn the innocent blood. (Psa. 94:20‑21)

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Dan. 6:8‑9• ⁸{i}Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which may not be revoked.{/i}
⁹{i}Therefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.{/i} (Dan. 6:8‑9)

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Mic. 3:1‑4,9‑11• ¹{i}And I said{/i}, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?
²{i}Ye who hate the good, and love evil; who pluck off their skin from them, and their flesh from off their bones;{/i}
³{i}and who eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces as for the pot, and as flesh within the cauldron.{/i}
⁴{i}Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; and he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings{/i}.
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.
¹¹{i}The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money; yet do they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.{/i} (Mic. 3:1‑4,9‑11)

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Mic. 6:16• ¹⁶{i}For 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 a hissing; and ye shall bear the reproach of my people.{/i} (Mic. 6:16)

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John 9:22• ²²These things said his parents because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that, if anyone should confess him [to be] Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. (John 9:22)

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John 19:6• ⁶When then the chief priests and the officials saw him, they cried, Crucify, crucify. Pilate saith to them, Take ye him, and crucify; 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,

W. Kelly Translation

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Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and unto the writers that prescribe oppression;