He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
Ver. 11. He that is unjust, &c.] q.d. Let things be foretold never so plainly, and fall out never so accordingly, yet wicked men will be uncounsellable, incorrigible, Isaiah 26:10; "But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant," 1 Corinthians 14:38. He falls with open eyes, let him fall at his own peril: who so blind as he that will not see? "Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone," Hosea 4:17. He hath made a match with mischief, he shall have his belly full of it.
And he that is filthy, let him be filthy still] This is the last judgment we read of (befalling in this life) in all the New Testament. As that judgment of pining away in their iniquity (as if nothing could awaken them) is the last that God mentioneth, Leviticus 26:39, after those dismal ones there threatened to befall the people. It is contiguous, and as it were bordering upon hell itself.
Let him be righteous still] Let him persevere and proceed.