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'Wines on the lees' are wines left undisturbed on their sediment to mature. Isa. 25: 6. The expression 'settled on the lees' is used figuratively of Moab, which had not been disturbed as other nations. Jer. 48: 11. Also for those who in Jerusalem remained indifferent and undisturbed amidst the evils upon which punishments were threatened. Zeph. 1: 12. A very significant type of the poor apathetic world, and of the self-satisfied and unconcerned spirit of Christendom.