And both these kings' hearts [shall be] to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end [shall be] at the time appointed.
Ver. 27. And both these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief.] Philometor being beaten, shall seek agreement, give great gifts to Antiochus, and feast him, sed reconciliatione vulpina, but with a fox-like and feigned amity, each of them still retaining their ancient hatreds. "Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross." Pro 26:23
And they shall speak lies.] This is ordinary with the wicked; Psa 62:9 but it is the property of the godly man to "speak the truth from his heart." Psa 15:2
For yet the end shall be at the time appointed,] i.e., The end of those wars shall be at the time when God seeth good, and hath pre-determined it.