Habakkuk 1:4
“Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Therefore the law is slacked,.... Is not put into execution against offenders: the civil magistrates, whose office it is…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Therefore - i. e., Because God seemed not to awake to avenge His own cause, people promised themselves that they might…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
The law is slacked - They pay no attention to it; it has lost all its vigor, its restraining and correcting power, it is…
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