And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
Without the city - Jerusalem. The scene of blood-shedding of Christ and His people shall be also the scene of God's vengeance on the anti-Christian foe (Revelation 19:14).
Blood - the red wine. The slaughter of apostates is here meant, not their eternal punishment.
Even unto the horse-bridles - of the avenging "armies of heaven" (Revelation 9:16; Revelation 19:14).
By the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs - `1,600 furlongs off' (W. Kelly). 1,600-a square number: 4 by 4 by 100. The four quarters-north, south, east, and west-of the Holy Land, or else of the world (the universality of the worldwide destruction being indicated). It does not exactly answer to the length of Palestine, as given by Jerome-160 Roman miles. Bengel thinks the valley of Kedron, between Jerusalem and the mount of Olives, is meant, its torrent being about to be discoloured with blood for 1,600 furlongs. This accords with Joel's prophecy, that the valley of Jehoshaphat is to be the scene of overthrow of the anti-Christian foes.