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Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 24:11

Annotations upon the Holy Bible. Browse this work.

Job24:11

11. Which make oil within their walls , and tread their wine-presses , and suffer thirst .

To wit, the poor man last mentioned. Either 1. within their own Walls, i. e. in private and secret places for fear of the Oppressors. Or rather 2. within the Walls of the rich Oppressors for their use and benefit: For the poor, alas! had no Walls nor Houses, nor Olive-yards nor Vine yards left to them, but they were violently spoiled of and drive[illegible: 1+ letters] away from all those things as was said in the foregoing Verses.

i. e. The Grapes in their Wine-presses, by a Metonymy of the thing containing, for the thing contained.

Because they are not permitted to quench their thirst out of the Wine which they make, though their labours both need and deserve refreshment.

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