And it waxed great, [even] to the host of heaven; and it cast down [some] of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.
Ver. 10. And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven.] Or, Against the host of heaven, so the Church militant is called. The saints are the world's great luminaries, yea, the only earthly angels, although wicked people count and call them the "filth and offscouring of all things."
And of the stars.] Such as shone in the light of holy doctrine; Rev 1:10 persecutors' spite is specially against such. Zec 13:7