31 Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own schemes.
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Therefore shall they eat of the (z) fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
(z) They will feel what convenience their wicked life will give them.
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way,.... Their evil ways; be punished according to their deserts, and receive the just reward of their iniquities; see Isaiah 3:10;
and be filled with their own devices; or "counsels" (g): their device and counsel was to put Christ to death; to deliver him to the Roman governor, that he might be crucified, as he was: and they afterwards had their bellyful of crucifixion, as the word (h) used signifies; such vast numbers of them were crucified by the Romans before the walls of the city, five hundred a day, and sometimes more; insomuch that room was needed for crosses, and crosses for bodies (i).
(g) "de consiliis suis", Pagninus, Montanus; "ex consiliis suis", Junius & Tremellius, &c. (h) "saturabuntar", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, &c. (i) Josephus de Bello Jude. l. 5. c. 11. s. 1.
fruit . . . way--result of conduct (Isaiah 3:10; Ezekiel 11:21; Romans 6:21; Galatians 6:7-8).
be filled--even to repletion (Psalm 123:4).
Eat - They should receive punishment answerable to their sins. Filled - With the fruits of them.
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