KJVWoe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers that write perverseness;
Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,
Woe to those decreeing decrees of iniquity, And writers who have prescribed perverseness.
Woe unto them that decree iniquitous decrees, and to the writers that prescribe oppression,
Isaiah — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
1. Woe to them that decree. He now attacks the people more closely, as he did in the first and second chapters, to make them feel that they are justly afflicted; for men never acknowledge that they are justly punished till they have been manifestly convicted and constrained. Though they…