The fear of the wicked, &c.— Wicked men frequently draw upon themselves what they feared, by the very means whereby they studied to avoid it; a remarkable example whereof, Bochart observes, we have in the builders of the tower of Babel; the very remedy of the evil that they wished to avoid, leading them directly to it.
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Proverbs 10:24
24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.