23Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
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That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: …
And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes, …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-30)Here, I. The woeful degeneracy of Judah and Jerusalem is sadly lamented. See, 1. What the royal city had been, a faithful city, faithful to God and the interests of his kingdom among men, faithful to the nation and its public interests. It was full of judgment ; justice was duly administered upon the thrones of judgment which were set there, the thrones of the house of David , Ps. 122:5. Men were…
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