Revelation 19:15

out of his mouth Song of Solomon 1:16, proving, if proof were needed, the identity of the "Son of Man" of that passage with "the Word of God" of this. For the meaning, see the notes there.

sharp Some ancient authorities insert "two-edged," from the parallel passage in ch. 1.

smite the nations God is said to smite men with plagues, e.g. Zechariah 14:18, but nowhere else with a sword. Are we to infer from 1 Chronicles 21:12 what this sword will be? Certainly the ascription to the Lord of the fierce struggles of a human warrior is markedly avoided.

shall rule them Lit. shall be their shepherd, as in Revelation 2:27; Revelation 12:5 Of course in all three places the reference is to Psalms 2:9.

and he treadeth Isaiah 63:3. The pronoun "he" is emphatic He Himself, by Himself, as is there expressed.

the winepress So we are obliged to translate the single word, e.g. at Revelation 14:19; while here we have the fuller phrase, "the winepress of the wine of", &c.

fierceness and wrath Read, fierceness of the wrath.