Verse 2
2. Killed her beasts Slaughtered her slaughterings, that is, animals to be slaughtered. “Killed her victailes.” Geneva Bible. The terms used indicate slaughtering for food rather than for sacrifice.
Mingled her wine Wine was an essential part of every entertainment. Sometimes it was mixed with water, sometimes with milk, and was sometimes flavoured with spices, (spiced wine, mixed wine,) or other ingredients. The object of the first kind of mingling or mixing was to reduce its strength; of the second, to make it more palatable, or to increase its strength and exhilarating power. The light wines of that vine-bearing country were, we suppose, generally used diluted, (about as we use tea and coffee,) as the usual beverage for their meals, especially at their feasts. (Comp. Proverbs 23:30; Isaiah 5:22.) But Fausset says: “Not mixed with water, which is the emblem of degeneracy.” Isaiah 1:22. The sentiment expressed by the woman is, that she has thoroughly prepared a rich feast.
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