Sentence against an evil work; or, the decree, &c. God's determinate counsel or sentence for the punishment of tyrants and all evil-doers. Therefore; because God's forbearance makes them presumptuous and secure, and confident of impunity. Is fully set, Heb. is filled, is carried on with full sail, as the LXX. understand it, like a ship with a strong and violent wind; or, is bold or presumptuous, as the same phrase is understood, Esther 7:5 Acts 5:3.
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Ecclesiastes 8:11
11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.