Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow [him].
Ver. 11. Let not an evil speaker] Heb. a man of tongue, whereof Geraldus reckoneth up twenty-four several sins; a world of wickedness, St James calleth it, James 3:6
Evil shall hunt the violent man] The angel of death shall hunt him into hell, saith the Chaldee. Of the blackbird's excrements is made bird lime, to catch him. Gaius Marius was slain with the sword he made when he was a cutler. Propiis pennis perire grave est, was Julian's motto. God's judgments against sinners are feathered from themselves, as a fowl shot with an arrow feathered from her own body.