7. turn judgment to wormwood--that is, pervert it to most bitter wrong.
As justice is sweet, so injustice is bitter to the injured. "Wormwood"
is from a Hebrew root, to "execrate," on account of its noxious and
bitter qualities.
leave on righteousness in . . .
earth--MAURER translates, "cast righteousness to the ground," as in
Isa 28:2;
Da 8:12.
JFB.
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