1 Woe to those who decree unrighteous decreesand who write unjust judgments which they have prescribed
2 to turn aside the needy from justiceand to take away the right from the poor of My people,that widows may be their prey,and that they may rob the fatherless!
3 And what will you do in the day of punishmentand in the desolation which shall come from afar?To whom will you flee for help,and where will you leave your wealth?
4 Nothing remains but to bow down among the prisoners,and they shall fall among the slain. For all this His anger is not turned away,and His hand is stretched out still.
5 Woe to Assyria, the rod of My angerand the staff in whose hand is My indignation.
6 I will send him against an ungodly nation,and against the people of My wrath I will give him a command,to seize the plunder, to take the prey,and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.