be the plague] It is like that here is a description of the eternall punishment of the wicked. they stand upon their feet] Though he subsist, and live, and shall not die, yet he shall be tormented everlastingly, still outliving his paine: having no end, that his paine may also be endlesse. their eyes shall consume away in their holes] Though they be alive, and can see, yet shall they be deprived of light, in infernall darknesse, having neither eyes, nor understanding, but onely to see and judge of their extreme miserie. their tongue shall consume away] See Luke 16:24.