Matthew 13:42. And shall cast them, etc. As the tares were burned, this may be figurative, but it undoubtedly refers to intolerable suffering, resulting not simply from the circumstances of the evildoers in a future state but from their character.

There shall be the weeping. Comp. chap. Matthew 8:12. These awful words must mean something positive and punitive.

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Old Testament