Matthew Poole and continuators on Proverbs 28:3

3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor , is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food .

When a poor man being advanced into a place of▪ Authority, abuseth it to oppress those that are poor and unable to resist him.

Is like a violent Rain or Flood, which washeth away the very seeds which are in the Earth, and spoileth the Corn and Fruits which are upon it. He is the worst of all oppressors, because as he is of a base mind, which also is made much worse by a sudden change and elevation into an high condition, so his own necessities inflame his desires, and make him greedy to take all, yea, even the small advantages of enriching himself. Which the ancients expressed by the similitude of an empty Horseleach, which sucketh much more strongly than that which is already filled; and of a dry sponge, which licks up far more water than that which was wet before.

Marginal references: Heb. [illegible: 1 word] food.