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Oy to Unjust Legislators

10 Oy to those enacting unjust decrees
and recording corrupt legislation,
to deprive the helpless of justice
and rob the rights of the poor of My people,
so that widows may be their spoil
    and orphans their prey!
What will you do in the day of visitation,
when desolation comes from afar?
To whom will you flee for help?
Where will you leave your wealth?

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10 Woe(A) to those who make unjust laws,
    to those who issue oppressive decrees,(B)
to deprive(C) the poor of their rights
    and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people,(D)
making widows their prey
    and robbing the fatherless.(E)
What will you do on the day of reckoning,(F)
    when disaster(G) comes from afar?
To whom will you run for help?(H)
    Where will you leave your riches?

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