Isaiah 10:3

"to deprive the needy of justice, and to rob the poor among my people of their rights, that widows may be their plunder, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!"

Key Reflection

This verse highlights the sin of exploiting the vulnerable—depriving the needy of justice and their rights, turning widows into targets for robbery, and making orphans easy victims. Such actions not only violate divine law but also sever the people from God’s covenantal mercy and protection.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

And what will ye do -The prophet here proceeds to denounce the judgment, or punishment, that would follow the crimes specified in the previous verses. That punishment was the invasion of the land by a foreign force. ‘What will ye do? To whom will you fly? What refuge will them be?’ Implying that the calamity would be so great that there would be no refuge, or escape. In the day of visitation -The word “visitation” (פקדהpeqûddâh) is used here in the sense of God’s coming to punish them for their sins; compareJob 31:14;Job 35:15;Isaiah 26:14;Ezekiel 9:1.

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