Therefore I said, Surely these [are] poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, [nor] the judgment of their God.
Ver. 4. Therefore I said,] i.e., I thought with myself.
Surely these,] scil., That swear falsely, and refuse to be reformed, &c.
Are poor.] Of the rascality, under law, base and beggarly, who neither know God's will, nor hold themselves much bound to do it. Of the poorer sort in Swethland it is reported, that they do always break the Sabbath, saying that it is for gentlemen only to keep that day.