8. new wine--as if some grapes having good wine-producing juice in them, be
found in a cluster which the vinedresser was about to throw away as
bad, and one saith, &c.
blessing--that is, good wine-producing juice (compare
Jud 9:13;
Joe 2:14).
so--God will spare the godly "remnant," while the ungodly mass of
the nation shall be destroyed
(Isa 1:9; 6:13; 10:21; 11:11, 12-16).
my servants--the godly remnant. But HORSLEY, "for the sake of my
servant, Messiah."
JFB.
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