a conspiracy: Ezekiel 13:10-16; 1 Kings 22:11-13, 1 Kings 22:23; Jeremiah 5:30-31, Jeremiah 6:13; Lamentations 2:14, Lamentations 4:13; 2 Peter 2:1-3
ravening: That is, from the Saxon reafian:, seizing and devouring it with eagerness and rapacity.
they have devoured: Ezekiel 13:19; Jeremiah 2:30, Jeremiah 2:34; Matthew 23:14; Mark 12:40; Luke 20:47; Revelation 17:6, Revelation 18:13