Isaías 10:2

2 Privan a los pobres de la justicia
y les niegan sus derechos a los necesitados de mi pueblo.
Explotan a las viudas
y se aprovechan de los huérfanos.

Isaías 10:2 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 10:2

To turn aside the needy from judgment
Such laws being made as discouraged them from any application for justice; and, when they did, were harassed with such long, vexatious, and expensive suits, as obliged them to desist, and the cause being generally given against them, and for the rich: and to take away the right from the poor of my people;
for not to do justice to the poor is the same as to rob and plunder them, and take away by force what of right belongs to them; wherefore it follows: that widows may be their prey, and [that] they may rob the
fatherless;
who have none to protect and defend them, and whose protectors judges ought to be, in imitation of God, whom civil magistrates represent, who is the Judge of the widows and the fatherless; and therefore this is observed as an aggravation of their sin, which was very great indeed: it is very wicked in a judge to pervert the judgment of the poor and needy, the widow and the fatherless, contrary to laws that are made by God and men; but to make and prescribe wicked and unrighteous laws, that wickedness may be framed, and mischief committed by a law, that the poor and the needy, the widows and fatherless, may be injured under colour and pretence of law and justice, is the height of injustice. See ( Psalms 94:20 Psalms 94:21 ) .

Isaías 10:2 In-Context

1 ¡Qué aflicción les espera a los jueces injustos
y a los que emiten leyes injustas!

2 Privan a los pobres de la justicia
y les niegan sus derechos a los necesitados de mi pueblo.
Explotan a las viudas
y se aprovechan de los huérfanos.

3 ¿Qué harán cuando yo los castigue,
cuando envíe el desastre sobre ustedes desde una tierra lejana?
¿A quién acudirán en busca de ayuda?
¿Dónde estarán seguros sus tesoros?

4 Irán tropezando como prisioneros
o quedarán tendidos entre los muertos.
Pero aun así no quedará satisfecho el enojo del Señor
;
su puño sigue preparado para dar el golpe.

5 Juicio contra Asiria
«Qué aflicción le espera a Asiria, la vara de mi ira.
Yo la empleo como garrote para expresar mi enojo.