Homilist Job 11:20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost. 1. Here is the loss of energy. "The eyes of the wicked shall fail." The soul's eyes gone, and the spiritual universe is midnight. 2. Here is the loss of safety. "They shall not escape." All efforts directed to safety utterly fruitless. 3. Here is the loss of hope. "Their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost." The idea is that the loss of hope is like death, the separation of the soul from the body. What the soul is to the body, the dominant hope is to the soul, the inspirer of its energies and the spring of its being. The loss of the dominant hope is like death in two respects. (1) In respect to its painfulness. The loss of the dominant hope is like death — (2) In respect to its ruinousness. When hope takes her exit from the soul all beauty departs, all pleasures end, all usefulness is gone. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost. |
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