Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 59:15

15 Yea, truth faileth , and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey : and the LORD saw it , and it displeased him , that there was no judgment.

q. d. Truth is more than fallen, which he had said in the former verse; It faileth. For being onely fallen it may recover itself again, but failing notes the loss of its very Vitals. As being every where neglected, in Court, in City, in Country, in inferiour as well as superiour Ranks▪ in the Streets, in the Gates, in the Markets, in the Fairs, in all publick places of commerce, the condition much like that under the Beast coming out of the Earth Rev. 13. 11. &c. See Ps. 10. 7. 8. &c. All things are amiss, neither Judgment, or Justice, or Truth is to be found among us, but Fraud, and Decei[illegible: 1+ letters], vet none troubled at it.

That separateth himself from evil things, and Persons, will not be as vile, as others.

Or, is accounted mad, is laughed at that talks of Justice, so some. Iosephus tells us, that immediately before the destruction of Ierusalem it was matter of scorn to be religious. Though there be no solid ground for, nor need of that marginal reading, yet is it a truth: The Translators reach the meaning by Prey: The wicked▪ like wild Beasts, endeavouring to devour such as are not as bad as themselves; where Wickedness rules, Innocency is oppressed, in bargaining, as buying, and selling, they that are simple, and innocent are outwitted by the crafty and fraudulent, as not willing, or rather daring to oppose fraud with fraud but to do all things in sincerity.

i. e. Took notice of it, 'tis spoken of God after the manner of men, as Gen. 11. 5. & 18. 21. and many other places.

[illegible: 1+ letters]. d. If you would know why God is so angry with you, it is for such things as these, the Lord takes notice of it, and it is a great evil in his eye.

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