And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.
Ver. 9. And all men shall fear] Seeing such and such banged up in gibbets, as it were, for a terror to others, Poena ad paucos, metus ad omnes.
And shall declare the work of God] viz. His power and providence, which some doubt till thus powerfully convinced, as Claudian was by the destruction of Ruffinus.
Abstulit hunc tandem Ruffini poena tumultum,
Absolvitque deos; et non iam ad culmina rerum
Iniustos crevisse queror; tolluntur in altum,
Ut lapsu graviore ruant -