And out of his mouth goes forth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
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Bede
AD 735
sword: So also Isaiah says, "And he hath set my mouth as a sharp sword;" and the Apostle, "And the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God."
Sharp two-edged sword. The power which Christ exercises over the impious. (Menochius)
Wine press This painting corresponds to the triumph of Jesus Christ. (Calmet)
Some of the attributes here mentioned are also ascribed to Christ, by the prophet Isaiah, (Isaias lxiii. 2, 3.) "Why then is thy apparel red, and thy garments like theirs that tread in the wine press? I have trodden the wine-press alone, and of the Gentiles there is not a man with me: I have trampled on them in my indignation, and have trodden them down in my wrath, and their blood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all my apparel. "(Pastorini)