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1. It is a history of ancient date. It is an old way — the "track of old."

2. It is a history of terrible calamities. "Which were cut down out of time," etc. There are personal, social, material calamities.

3. It is a history of practical atheism.

(1)  A guilty conscience makes men dread God.

(2)  Dread of God makes men hate Him.

(3)  Hating God prompts men to repel Him.

4. It is a history liable to misinterpretation. Men make misapplication of the history of wickedness —

(1)  When they conclude that God is indifferent in relation to the moral character of men.

(2)  When they conclude that, because God does not punish wicked men at once, He will not punish them at all.Yet this history has lessons of great significance.

(1)  It teaches the vastness of man's power.

(2)  It teaches the greatness of man's patience.

(3)  It teaches the energy of human influence.

(4)  It teaches the magnitude of Christ's work.

(Homilist.)

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KJV: Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

WEB: Will you keep the old way, which wicked men have trodden,