Yes, moreover, wine is treacherous: an arrogant man who doesn’t stay at home, who enlarges his desire as Sheol; he is like death and can’t be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations and heaps to himself all peoples.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 5. As wine deceiveth, and so forth that is by affording only a short passing pleasure, followed by the evils and disgrace that are the usual consequences of drunkenness: so shall it be with the proud enemies of the people of God, whose success affordeth them only a momentary pleasure, followed by innumerable and everlasting evils. Challoner.—Hebrew “but as the proud man prevaricates in wine, he shall not succeed.” Baltassar’s reign was short. Vat. De Dieu.—Nabuchodonosor saw himself reduced to the meanest condition.—Hell. He is insatiable. Proverbs 30:16. Calmet.—Æstuat infelix (Alex.) augusto limite mundi. Juv. x.
Sheol is the place of the dead.