We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 9. Drink. The just themselves shall suffer something. But their part will be comparatively the clear wine, while sinners shall have the dregs. Many suppose that God holds in his had two cups, which he mixes according to each one’s deserts. So the Septuagint Syr. Saint Augustine and so forth seem to intimate. Jupiter is thus represented with two barrels of goods and evils near his throne. Iliad xxiv.—But most interpreters suppose that only one chalice is here specified, filled with red wine, the sediment being reserved for sinners, though it was usually thrown away at feasts. Wine was mixed with water in those hot countries. Calmet.—Yet here the mixture is of a different nature. Bible.—Fire, (Psalm 10:7. Menochius.) gall, brimestone, and so forth compose the bitter chalice of the damned, who will never arrive at the term of their inexpressible misery. In this life, sinners are frequently punished: but their sufferings do not end here. They shall experience a variety of torments in heat and cold. Job 24. Worthington. Revelation 14:10. Isaiah 51:17. Ezekiel 23:34.)