Isaías 10:2

2 Privan de sus derechos a los pobres,y no les hacen justicia a los oprimidos de mi pueblo;hacen de las viudas su presay saquean a 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 ¡Ay de los que emiten decretos inicuosy publican edictos opresivos!

2 Privan de sus derechos a los pobres,y no les hacen justicia a los oprimidos de mi pueblo;hacen de las viudas su presay saquean a los huérfanos.

3 ¿Qué van a hacer cuando deban rendir cuentas,cuando llegue desde lejos la tormenta?¿A quién acudirán en busca de ayuda?¿En dónde dejarán sus riquezas?

4 No les quedará más remedioque humillarse entre los cautivoso morir entre los masacrados.A pesar de todo esto,la ira de Dios no se ha aplacado;¡su mano aún sigue extendida!

5 «¡Ay de Asiria, vara de mi ira!¡El garrote de mi enojo está en su mano!