Therefore; because the wicked go on with impunity, and the punishment they deserve is deferred. The law of God, given to this people by the hand of Moses, the whole law, moral, ceremonial, and judicial. Is slacked; is slighted, weakened, and little studied, and less obeyed by all sorts. And judgment; not only private men neglect the law, but magistrates, judges, and public officers pervert, or divert, or obstruct it also. Doth never go forth, Heb. to the end, or, unto victory, with prevalence to restrain the unjust, and to protect the innocent, which is the end of magistracy, Romans 13:3. The wicked; the unjust and violent man. Doth compass about; as it were besiegeth, surroundeth, with design to oppress and ruin by false witness, interest, or bribery. Wrong judgment; perverse judgment, wherein innocence is condemned and the guilty are acquitted: so the judges are swords in the bowels, when they should be shields over the bodies of the righteous.
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Habakkuk 1:4
4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wronga judgment proceedeth.