Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
Ver. 5. Her feet go down to death.] The Romans were wont to have their funerals at the gates of Venus's temple, to signify that lust was the harbinger and hastener of death, saith Plutarch. As for whores, they were of old shut out of the city, and forced to seek places among the graves. Hence they were called Maechae bustuariae. De scortis dictum inter busta prostrantibus, saith Turnebus. a See Trapp on " Pro 2:18 "
Her steps take hold on hell.] Whither she is hastening, and hurrying with her all her stallions and paramours, See Trapp on " Pro 2:18 " See Trapp on " Pro 2:19 " and where, "by how much more deliciously they have lived, by so much more they shall have of sorrow and torment." Rev 18:7
a Lib. advers, xiii. 19.