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poor = impoverished, reduced. Hebrew. dal. See note on "poverty" (Pro_6:11).
reprove = set right, or righten.
smite. Same word as in Isa_11:15.
the earth. Some codices read 'driz, "the oppressor", for erez
, "the earth". This reading is confirmed by the Structure of the clause (which is an Introversion): He shall smite the oppressor with the rod of His mouth and with the blast of His lips shall He slay the lawless one. This reading ("oppressor", for "the earth ") depends on whether the first letter is Aleph (= ') or Ayin (= '). If with the word is 'erez, earth; and if with it is 'ariz, oppression. These two letters are often interchanged. See notes on Psa_28:8 (their); Isa_35:15 (tear me). Mic_1:10 (at all). Hos_7:6 (baker sleepeth). The word ga'al (to redeem) is spelled with Aleph ('), but it has been mistaken for ga'al (to pollute), and is actually so rendered in Ezr_2:62. Neh_7:64. Neh_59:3; Neh_63:3. Lam_4:14. Dan_1:8. Zep_3:1. Mai. Isa_1:7; while ga'al is properly so rendered in Lev_26:11, Lev_26:15, Lev_26:30, Lev_26:43, Lev_26:44; 2Sa_1:21 (vilely = as polluted). Job_21:10 (faileth), Jer_14:19 (lothed), Eze_16:45. The word "power" is spelled 'a (with Aleph) in Psa_76:7, but 'oz (with Ayin (') in Isa_90:11. See further note on Hos_7:6 ("in their lying in wait"). The Massorah contains several lists of words in which these letters are interchanged. See Ginsburg's Massorah (Vol. I, p. 57, letter, 514 b, and Vol. II, p. 390, letter, 352-360, &c).
breath. Hebrew. ruach = blast, as in Exo_15:8; Exo_25:4; Exo_37:7. 2Ki_19:7.
the wicked = the lawless one. Hebrew. rasha'. App-44. (sing, not plural) Compare 2Th_2:8.