being able to help them, nor they to defend the worship of them: the same is said with respect to Christ, Isa 45:24 , they shall be as nothing, and they that strive with thee shall perish; or, "the men of thy strife" (o); 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. (o) "viri litis tuae", Montanus; "rixae tuae", Vatablus.