The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous. The evil shall be brought so low that they shall bow before the good to ask their help, Joseph's wicked brethren were brought to "bow themselves to him to the earth" (Genesis 43:26; Genesis 50:18; cf. Esther 3:2; Esther 6:11; Revelation 3:9). Clients wait 'at the gates' of those more powerful, to sue their aid when they are going out, as beggars are not admitted within (Esther 4:2). The evil shall implore the intercession and help of the godly in vain (Luke 16:24).