Isaiah 10:1 - Exposition

Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees (comp. Isaiah 1:17 , Isaiah 1:20 , Isaiah 1:26 ; Isaiah 5:23 , etc.). The perversion of judgment from the judgment-seat is the sin rebuked. It was certainly prevalent in Judah, it may also have been practiced in Israel. And that write grievousness , etc. Translate, and unto the writers that enregister oppression . The decrees of courts were, it is clear, carefully engrossed by the officials, probably upon parchment, every outward formality being observed, while justice itself was set at naught.