You people are in for trouble! You have made cruel and unfair laws that let you cheat the poor and needy and rob widows and orphans. But what will you do when you are fiercely attacked and punished by foreigners? Where you run for help? Where will you hide your valuables? How will you escape being captured or killed? The Lord is still angry, and he isn't through with you yet!
Isaiah 10:1-4
God says there are consequences for making "cruel and unfair laws." These laws "cheat the poor and needy and rob widows and orphans."
How can a law be cruel and unfair? There may be many ways, but when a law and the leaders of a country promise things that the poor, needy, widows and orphans need and then fail to keep those promises that may indeed be the kind of thing God is talking about in these verses. When a law makes the poor, poorer, the needy, needier and widows and orphans suffer more, God says that those who wrote the law are "IN FOR TROUBLE!"
Righteous leaders serve the poor. Unrighteous leaders abuse them.
A nation may declare that they have nothing to do with their Creator, but according to the Bible He still holds it accountable and will let there be consequences for cheating the poor and robbing widows and orphans.
As much as you have the opportunity, encourage your nation to bless the poor and needy as well as widows and orphans. God will be pleased when you do that. The promise of blessings is not enough. If your nation makes a law called the "Blessings for All Act" but actually it is a curse to the people, then prepare for God Himself to get involved in the consequences!
Today, find a way you can bless someone who is poor and needy, or a widow, or an orphan. God will be pleased. Amen.
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