Isaiah 10:2

Easy To Read Version

Those lawmakers are not fair to the poor people. They take away the poor people’s rights. They allow people to steal from widows and orphans. {\cf2\super [112]}

Cross References

Job 31:16

“I have never refused to help poor people.\par I always gave widows what they needed.\par

Psalm 94:6

Those bad people kill widows\par and foreigners living in our country.\par They murder children that have no parents.\par

Exodus 23:6

“You must not let people be unfair to a poor man. He must be judged the same as any other person.

Proverbs 22:22

It is easy to steal from poor people, but don’t do it. And don’t take advantage of those poor people in court.

Proverbs 30:14

There are people whose teeth are like swords. Their jaws are like knives. They use their time to take everything they can from poor people.

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do good things. Be fair with other people. Punish the people that hurt others. Help the children that have no parents. Help the women whose husbands are dead.”

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebels and friends of thieves. All of your rulers demand bribes—they accept money for doing wrong things. All of your rulers take pay for cheating people. Your rulers don’t try to help the children that have no parents. And your rulers don’t listen to the needs of the women whose husbands are dead.”

Isaiah 29:21

(Those people lie about good people. They try to trap people in court. They try to destroy innocent people.)

Isaiah 3:14

The Lord will give his judgment against the elders {\cf2\super [32]} and leaders for the things they have done.

Isaiah 3:15

What gives you the right to hurt my people? What gives you the right to push the faces of the poor people into the dirt?” My Master, the Lord All-Powerful said these things.

Isaiah 32:6

A foolish person {\cf2\super [295]} says foolish things, and in his heart (mind), plans evil things to do. A foolish person wants to do things that are wrong. A foolish person says bad things about the Lord. A foolish person does not let hungry people eat food. A foolish person does not let thirsty people drink water.

Isaiah 5:23

And if you pay those people money, they will forgive a criminal. But they don’t allow good people to be judged fairly.

Isaiah 5:7

The field of grapes that belongs to the Lord All-Powerful is the nation of Israel. The grapevine—the plant the Lord loves—is the man of Judah. {\cf2\super [48]}

Isaiah 59:15

Truth is gone.\par And people that try to do good are robbed.\par

Jeremiah 7:6

You must be fair to strangers. You must do the right things for widows and orphans. {\cf2\super [54]} Don’t kill innocent people! Don’t follow other gods! Why? Because they will ruin your lives.

Lamentations 3:35

He does not like for someone\par to be unfair to another person.\par But some people do those bad things\par right in front of God Most High.\par

Ezekiel 22:7

People in Jerusalem don’t respect their parents. They hurt foreigners in that city. They cheat orphans and widows {\cf2\super [170]} in that place.

Amos 2:6

The Lord says this: “I will definitely punish Israel for the many crimes they did. {\cf2\super [37]} Why? Because they sold good, \{innocent\} people for a little silver. They sold poor people for the price of a pair of shoes.

Amos 2:7

They pushed those poor peoples’ faces into the ground and walked on them. They stopped listening to suffering people. Fathers and sons have sexual relations with the same woman. They have ruined my holy name.

Amos 5:19

You will be like a man\par that escapes a lion\par only to be attacked by a bear!\par You will be like a man\par that goes into the safety of his house,\par leans against the wall,\par and is bitten by a snake!\par

Micah 3:1

Then I said,

Malachi 3:5

Then I will come to you—and I will do the right thing. I will be like a person that is ready to tell the judge about the bad things people did. Some people do evil magic. Some people do the sin of adultery. {\cf2\super [19]} Some people make false promises. Some people cheat their workers—they don’t pay them the money they promised. People don’t help widows and orphans. {\cf2\super [20]} People don’t help strangers. People don’t respect me!” The Lord All-Powerful said these things.

Matthew 23:13

“It will be bad for you teachers of the law and Pharisees. {\cf2\super [333]} You are hypocrites. {\cf2\super [334]} You close the way for people to enter the kingdom of heaven. You yourselves don’t enter, and you stop the people that are trying to enter.