And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Ver. 46. And these shall go away, &c.] The sentence began with the godly, the execution with the wicked: both that the godly may see their desire upon their enemies,Psalms 58:10; Psalms 79:10; and also, that in the others' misery they may behold, by the difference, their own felicity; and thereby be moved to lift up many a humble, joyful, and thankful heart to God.