Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees and who write grievous decrees—Isaiah's indictment of the legal establishment that uses law as an instrument of oppression rather than justice. The targeting of those who write and decree suggests that systematic, institutionalized injustice is being condemned, not merely individual acts of cruelty. This verse establishes the prophetic principle that legal legitimacy does not excuse moral wrong; laws that contradict divine justice stand under God's judgment.

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