And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
Ver. 30. And I sought for a man among them,] i.e., A competent company of holy men, as once at Sodom; Gen 18:23-32 at Jerusalem. Jer 5:1
That should make up the hedge.] Which sin had thrown down.
And stand in the gap.] By his piety and prayers. The Primum Mobile, say astronomers, turneth about with such swiftness, that but for the counter motion of the planets and other spheres all would be fired; so would this wicked world but for the saints, who keep a constant counter motion to the corrupt practices thereof.