They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
They know not, neither will they understand. Practical ignorance besets intellectual (John 7:17). They who do not what good they know are righteously doomed to lose all moral perception of what is right (James 4:17; Matthew 13:12).
They walk on in darkness - in spite of God's continued long- suffering and monitions (Psalms 82:2-4: cf. Proverbs 2:13).
All the foundations of the earth are out of course. The whole fabric of society must necessarily totter when those who ought to be the pillars-the "princes," and 'judges,' whose especial duty it is "to know judgment" (Micah 3:1) - are perverted and "walk on in darkness." Here not merely Israel, but the whole of Christendom, and the so- called civilized earth is contemplated: The question may well be asked at such a crisis (Psalms 11:3), "If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?" The answer is in Psalms 75:3, "The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars thereof." God assures us that when utter dissolution seems imminent, He will interpose, manifesting Himself as Lord and Judge, to cast out the ungodly, and fix the earth on its only true foundation-righteousness. Psalms 75:2, note, 'When the appointed season comes, I will judge righteously.' There shall be a social and moral earthquake preceding the advent of the Restorer of all things (Acts 3:21; Isaiah 24:1; Isaiah 24:5; Isaiah 24:19-21).