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pant = crush. Hebrew. shaaph, A Homonymyn, meaning (1) to gasp or long for (Job_7:2; Job_36:20, Psa_119:131. Ecc_1:5. Jer_2:24); (2) to crush (like shuph i n. Gen_3:15 Rendered "swallow up" in Amo_8:4. Job_5:5. Psa_56:1, Psa_56:2; Psa_57:3. Eze_36:3. So here it = crush. See Oxford Gesenius p. 983, vol. 2. Render: "crush the head of the poor ones in the dust of the earth".
the poor = impoverished ones. Hebrew. dal (plural) See note on "poverty", Pro_6:11. Not the same word as in Amo_2:6.
turn aside the way = pervert their whole way.
the meek = humble ones, Heb, plural of `ani, See note on "poverty", Pro_6:11
a man. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14.
and his father. This was done in the Canaanite idolatry, with the women of' the temples, called Kadeshoth (feminine.) and Kadeshhim (masculine)
maid = a young person (male or female). So called because of youthful vigour.
to profane, &c. This marks the result, not the in tention, and shows the enormity of the sin in Jehovah's sight. Reference to Pentateuch, (Lev_18:21; Lev_20:3). App-92. Compare Isa_48:11. Eze_20:9, Eze_20:14; Eze_36:20-23, Rom_2:24. 1Co_5:1.
holy. See note on Exo_3:5.