out of time i. e. before their time, prematurely, by the judgment of God for their sin. Comp. Job 15:32.

whose foundation was overthrown lit. whose foundation was poured awayand became a floodthat on which they stood became a flood in which they sank. The reference is probably to the Deluge, though others, e.g. Ewald, think of the Cities of the Plain.

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