Commentary on Isaiah Volume 1 John Calvin (continued)
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Isaiah Chapter 10:1-34 1. Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
1. Vae decernentibus decreta iniqua, et qui dictantes dictant injuriam, 2. To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
2. Ut arceant pauperes a judicio, et eripiant jus pauperibus populi mei, viduas spolient, et pupillos praedentur.
3. And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
3. Et quid facietis in die visitationis? Et cum desolatio venerit e longinquo, ad quem confugietis auxilii causa, et ubi deponetis (vel, munietis) gloriam vestram?
4. Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
4. Nisi (vel, sine me) corruent inter vinctos, et inter occisos cadent. In hoc toto non erit aversus furor ejus, et adhuc manus ejus extenta.
5. O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
5. O Assur virga furoris mei, et baculus ipse in manu eorum ira mea. 6. I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.