Behold, all they that were incensed against
thee
For rejecting their idols, and idol worship; for receiving the
Gospel, and professing it: shall be ashamed and
confounded;
their idols not being able to help them, nor they to defend the
worship of them: the same is said with respect to Christ, (
Isaiah
45:24 ) : they shall be as nothing, and they that
strive with thee shall perish;
or, "the men of thy strife" F15; all shall come to nothing,
and utterly perish, as to their persons, substance, power, and
dignity; as did the Roman emperors, the persecutors of God's
people.