He lieth in wait secretly as a lion,.... The first beast in Re 13:2; is said to have a mouth like a lion, and the second beast in Ps 10:11; spake like a dragon; and both design one and the same, antichrist, in his twofold capacity, civil and ecclesiastical; this metaphor of the lion lying in wait secretly for his prey denotes the insidious methods used by antichrist to destroy the faithful witnesses of Christ; who lies like a lionin his den, in the temple of God, now become a den of thieves;he lieth in wait to catch the poor: to snatch and carry them away captive as his prey; see Re 13:10;he doth catch the poor when he draweth him into his net; this metaphor is taken from fowlers, who spread nets, into which they allure and draw the birds and catch them.
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Psalms 10:9
Psalms 10:9
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