And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
And shall cast them into a furnace (rather, 'the furnace') of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. What terrific strength of language-the "casting" or "flinging" expressive of indignation, abhorrence, contempt (cf. Psalms 9:17; Daniel 12:2); "the furnace of fire" denoting the fierceness of the torment; the "wailing" signifying the anguish this causes; while the "gnashing of teeth" is a graphic way of expressing the despair in which its remedilessness issues (see the note at Matthew 8:12)!