Matthew Poole and continuators on Proverbs 29:18

18 Where there is no vision , the people perish : but he that keepeth the law , happy is he.

i. e. No Prophecy, for the Prophets were anciently called Seers, 1 Sam. 9. 9. i. e. no publick Preaching of God's Law or Word (as appears by the opposite clause) which is called Prophecy, Rom. 12. 6. 1 Cor. 14. 1, &c. Where the People are destitute of the means of instruction.

Because they want the onely means of Salvation. Or, is made naked, stripped of their best ornaments, God's favour and protection, as this word is taken, Exod. 32. 25.

This he saith rather than, he that hath vision, which the Laws of Opposition might seem to require, to teach us, that although the want of God's Word be sufficient for mens destruction, yet the having and hearing or reading of it is not sufficient for their Salvation, except they also keep or obey it.

Marginal references: Or, is made [illegible: 1 word].