John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:33
Their wine is the poison of dragons ,.... Of these creatures, both land and sea dragons; see Gill on Micah 1:8 ; See Gill on Malachi 1:3 ; Pliny says F12 Nat. Hist. l. 29. c. 4. the dragon has no poison in it; yet, as Dalechamp, in his notes on that writer observes, he in many places prescribes remedies against the bite of the dragon; but Heliodorus F13 Ethiopic. l. 9. c. 19. p. 438. expressly speaks of some archers, whose arrows were infected with the poison of dragons;... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:26-38
After many terrible threatenings of deserved wrath and vengeance, we have here surprising intimations of mercy, undeserved mercy, which rejoices against judgment, and by which it appears that God has no pleasure in the death of sinners, but would rather they should turn and live. I. In jealousy for his own honour, he will not make a full end of them, Deut. 32:26-28. 1. It cannot be denied but that they deserved to be utterly ruined, and that their remembrance should be made to cease from among... read more