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Into hell; either
1. Into the grave which is oft called sheol, into which they are said to be turned, or to return, because they were made of or taken out of the dust, Ecc_12:7. Or,
2. Into the place of eternal perdition; which also is sometimes called sheol, as Pro_15:24, and elsewhere. For he seems to speak here of those punishments which are peculiar to the wicked, whereas the grave is common to good and bad. And as, Psa_9:8, he seems to speak of the last and general judgment of all the world, so this verse may be understood of the general punishment of all persons and nations consequent upon it. And into this place wicked men may be said to be turned back, or to return; either,
1. Because it is their own proper place, Act_1:25, to which they belong, and from which they have their original and their wicked qualities, as being of their father the devil, Joh_8:44; in which respect the locusts (who are by all interpreters understood to be living men) are said to come out of the bottomless pit, Rev_9:2,3. Or,
2. Because they had set themselves as it were in battle array against God, and were beaten back and driven from his presence into their graves, and into hell itself.
All the nations; whom their great numbers and power cannot protect from God’s wrath.
That forget God; that do not consider nor regard God, nor his precepts, nor his threatenings and judgments, but go on securely and presumptuously in their oppressive and wicked courses.