Wickedness is in the middle thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
Wickedness is in the middle thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.
Evil is there; cruel rule and deceit are ever in the streets.
Wickedness is in the midst of it: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
Destructive forces are within her. Threats and lies don't depart from her streets.
Wickedness is in the midst thereof: oppression and guile depart not from her streets.
Wickedness is in the midst thereof - That is, the wickedness connected with rebellion and revolt.
Deceit and guile depart not from her streets - They are everywhere. They are found in every street and alley. They pervade all classes of the people. The word rendered "deceit" means rather "oppression." This was connected with "guile," or with "deceit." That is, wrong would be everywhere committed, and the perpetration of those wrongs would be connected with false representations, and false pretences - a state of things that might be expected in the unnatural rebellion under Absalom.
55:11 Streets - The places of buying and selling, and of public commerce.