Pour out thy wrath upon the Heathen that have not known
thee,
&c.] Who had poured out the blood of the saints like water,
and therefore it was a righteous thing with God to pour out the
cup of wrath in his hands, and cause them to drink the dregs of
it: these words, though they are in the form of an imprecation,
yet regard not private revenge, but public justice, and the
honour of God; and, besides, may be considered as a prophecy of
what would be, and particularly of God's pouring out the vials of
his wrath on the antichristian states; who, though they profess
Christianity, are no other than Heathens, and have no spiritual
and serious knowledge of Christ:
and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy
name;
but upon their idols of gold, silver, brass, and stone, on the
Virgin Mary, angels, and saints departed; for these, besides the
kingdoms of Babylon, Syria, and Rome Pagan, are the kingdoms of
the ten kings, that gave their kingdoms to the beast, and
committed fornication, i.e. idolatry, with the whore of Rome; see
( Revelation 17:2
Revelation
17:12-14 ) , these words are referred to in ( Jeremiah
10:25 ) and also the following.