But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
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Gill's Exposition
But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest,.... Disturbed by winds, storms, and hurricanes, when its waves rise, rage, and tumble about, and beat against the shore and sand,…
Barnes' Notes
But the wicked - All who are transgressors of the law and who remain unpardoned. The design of this is to contrast their condition with that of those who should enjoy peace. The proposition is,…
The body of the people of Israel, in this account of God's dealings with them, is spoken of as a particular person (Isa 57:17, Isa 57:18), but divided into two sorts, differently dealt with - some who…
Their peace is contrasted with the eternal unrest of the wicked. For the image cf. Judges 13.
when( for) it cannot rest as Jer 49:23.
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