And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
Out of his mouth ... sword - (Revelation 1:16; Revelation 2:12; Revelation 2:16.) Here in avenging power; 2 Thessalonians 2:8, "consume with the Spirit of His mouth" (Isaiah 11:4, to which there is allusion); not in its converting efficacy (Ephesians 6:17; Hebrews 4:12-13, where the sword-like Word's judicial keenness is included). The Father commits the judgment to the Son (John 5:22).
He shall rule. HE is emphatic: none other; in contrast to the usurpers who misruled on earth. х Poimanei (G4165), 'tend as a shepherd.'] He who would have shepherded them with pastoral rod and golden sceptre of His love, shall dash them in pieces as refractory rebels, with "a rod of iron."
Treadeth the wine-press - (Isaiah 63:3.)
Of the fierceness and wrath. So Andreas; but 'Aleph (') A B, Vulgate, Coptic, Origen, 'of the fierceness (boiling indignation) of the wrath,' omitting "and."
Almighty. Christ's wrath against His foes will be executed with the resources of omnipotence.