John Trapp Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:33
Deu 32:33 Their wine [is] the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps. Ver. 33. Their wine, ] i.e., Their works, yea, their best works, prove pernicious to them; not their own table only, but God’s table becomes a snare to the unprepared communicant; he sucks there the poison of asps, &c., Job 20:16 he eats his bane and drinks his poison: as Henry VII, Emperor, was poisoned in the sacramental bread by a monk; Pope Victor II, by his sub-deacon in his chalice; and one of our Bishops... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:32
Deu 32:32 For their vine [is] of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes [are] grapes of gall, their clusters [are] bitter: Ver. 32. For their vine is of the vine. ] Vitis non vinifera, sed venenifera. The vine is the wicked nature, the grapes are the evil works. So Isaiah 59:5 ; - "They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web"; vanity or villainy is their whole trade; "he that eateth of their eggs dieth," &c. Look how the bird that sitteth on the... read more