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Verse 9

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 manifestGreek, "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).

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