It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
Ver. 10. It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke of it shall go up for ever.] See Revelation 14:11; Revelation 18:18; Revelation 19:3. And observe how John the divine picks out the choicest passages of the Old Testament, and polishes therewith his Revelation.
None shall pass through it for ever,] i.e., Incolendi animo, to dwell there; passengers did pass through it, and wondered at God's dreadful judgments thereon. Jer 49:17