Judah and Israel [were] many, as the sand which [is] by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
Ver. 20. As the sand which is by the sea.] A proverbial expression, and hyperbolical. See Genesis 22:17; Genesis 32:12 .
Eating and drinking, and making merry.] They were in a plentiful and comfortable condition; so and much more are all Christ's subjects, who do "eat their meat with joy, and drink their wine with gladness, because God now accepteth their works"; they have the "white stone," the "new name," enough and enough to make them everlastingly merry amidst all crosses and casualties.