Job 23:11, Jer 5:5 | JFB | STEP | 11. held —fast by His steps. The law is in Old Testament poetry regarded as a way, God going before us as our guide, in whose footsteps we must tread ( ). declined

Job 23:11

11. held—fast by His steps. The law is in Old Testament poetry regarded as a way, God going before us as our guide, in whose footsteps we must tread (Ps 17:5).

declined— (Ps 125:5).

Jeremiah 5:5

5. they have known—rather, "they must know." The prophet supposes it as probable, considering their position.

but these—I found the very reverse to be the case.

burst . . . bonds—set God's law at defiance (Ps 2:3).