John Gill Commentary Proverbs 2:22

"But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, And the treacherous shall be rooted out of it." — Proverbs 2:22 (ASV)

But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth Suddenly by death; or in a judicial way by the hand of the civil magistrate, before they have lived out half their days; and shall not enjoy the good things of the earth they have been seeking for, and laying up, and promising themselves a long and quiet possession of; but, on the contrary, like unfruitful trees, shall be cut down, and cast into the fire; and, however, shall not dwell in the second Adam's earth, in the new earth, but shall perish out of his land, (Psalms 10:16) ; see (Psalms 37:2Psalms 37:9Psalms 37:22Psalms 37:28Psalms 37:38) ; and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it ; such as have acted treacherously and perfidiously ^F3 , and are opposed to upright men; as the wicked are to the righteous, pure, and spotless; these shall not only be cut off as trees to the stump, but be rooted up, and have neither root nor branch left them; they shall have no posterity to succeed them, and their memory shall utterly perish; see (Malachi 4:1) ; or "shall be scraped off", or "swept away" ^F4 , as the dust and dross of the earth, and the offscouring of all things.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F3: (Mydgwb) "perfide agentis", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "perfidi", Cocceius, Michaelis, Schultens.
• F4: (wxoy) "eradentur", Montanus, Mercerus, Gejerus; "everrentur", Schultens.