John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 9:9
9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle. Ver. 9. And they had breastplates ] Their pretended donations, privileges and exemptions from the secular power; shaking their tippets at kings, whom they have trampled on, and forced to go barefoot on the hard stones, till they bled again. Thus dealt they by our Henry II; yea, they lashed him with rods upon the bare, and said, Domine,... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 9:8
8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. Ver. 8. As the hair of women ] Insinuative, and inductive to sin. As the teeth of lions ] Joel 1:6 . Catching and carrying to their dens all they can come by, as Tecelius did out of Germany, as Otto sent by Gregory IX did out of England, where he left not so much money as he either carried with him or sent to Rome before him. read more