Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours [be] in the house of a stranger;
Ver. 10. Lest strangers be filled.] This sin is a purgatory to the purse, though a paradise to the desires. How soon had the prodigal Aσωτος , Luke 15:13 , quasi ασωστος wasted his portion when once he fell among harlots, those sordida poscinummia, those crumenimulgae. "Ask me never so much gift, and I will give it," said Shechem. Gen 34:12 "What pledge shall I give thee? and she said, Thy signet, thy bracelets," &c., Gen 37:18 and if she had asked more, she might have had it. "Ask what thou wilt, and it shall be given thee," said Herod to his dancing damsel; nay, he sware "to her that whatsoever she should ask, he would give it to her to the half of his kingdom," Mar 6:22-23 so strongly was he enchanted and bewitched with her tripping on the toe and wanton dancing. a This detestable sin is able to destroy kings, as Solomon's mother taught him. Pro 31:3 And surely Solomon by the many women that he kept, was so exhausted in his estate (for all his great riches) that he was forced to oppress his subjects with heavy taxes and tributes, which occasioned the revolt of ten tribes. The whore "lyeth in wait for a prey," Pro 23:28 and "by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a morsel of bread" Pro 6:26 - to extreme beggary.
a ορχησατο, tripudiabat baccharum more.