Verse 18
18. No vision Revelation, divine instruction, prophetic guidance.
The people perish יפרע , ( yippara’h,) variously translated, are scattered, become dissolute, apostatize, are unrestrained, are unbridled, etc. Melanchthon understood it of a prophet, who, as the expounder of God’s laws, had a great hand in the government, and by his counsels, when followed, made the kingdom flourishing. Witness, Elisha in Samaria, and Isaiah in Jerusalem. But when prophecy ceased the people were scattered, or every one did that which was right in his own eyes. The proverb is capable of a wide application; and the history of the Israelites is an illustration of it. Genesis 46:2; 1 Samuel 3:1; 2 Samuel 7:17; Job 4:13; Daniel 2:19; Hosea 3:4; Amos 8:12; 2 Chronicles 15:3; Psalms 74:9.
Be the first to react on this!
