The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
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Gill's Exposition
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them,.... Or cut them, so Ben Melech: dissect or "saw" (s) them; cut them to the heart; that is, when the sins they have been guilty of, in robbing God of his…
Barnes' Notes
Robbery - Probably the “violence” which the wicked practice. Shall destroy them - More literally, carries them away.
Matthew Henry
See here, 1. The nature of injustice. Getting money by lying (Pro 21:6) is no better than downright robbery. Cheating is stealing; you might as well pick a man's pocket as impose upon him by a lie in…
Cambridge Bible
robbery Rather, violence.
destroy them Rather, sweep them up, or catch them, as fishes, for example, in a net. Comp. Hab 1:15, where the same Heb. word is used.
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