9. they shall proceed no further —Though for a time ( :- ) "they shall advance or proceed ( English Version, 'increase') unto more ungodliness," yet there is a final limit beyond which they shall not be able to "proceed further" ( Job 38:11 ; Revelation 11:7 ; Revelation 11:11 ). They themselves shall "wax worse and worse" ( Revelation 11:11- : ), but they shall at last be for ever prevented from seducing others. "Often malice proceeds deeper down, when it cannot extend itself" [BENGEL]. their folly —literally, "dementation": wise though they think themselves. shall be manifest — Greek, "shall be brought forth from concealment into open day" [BENGEL], ( Revelation 11:11- : ). as theirs . . . was —as that of those magicians was, when not only could they no longer try to rival Moses in sending boils, but the boils fell upon themselves: so as to the lice ( Exodus 8:18 ; Exodus 9:11 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-10" class="com-number"
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